Name some advantages and disadvantages of open headers. I heard it gives great high end power and poorer low end power?

 

Cons
More fumes get inside the cabin
Loud!

 

One main disadvantage.... LOUD!!!!!!!

cops will be all over you unless you run it like cheesefrog.

 

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And your neighbors, and people on the street and, well, pretty much anyone who isn't deaf...

 

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And your neighbors, and people on the street and, well, pretty much anyone who isn't deaf...</TD></TR></TABLE>

hell yeah, I had to drive 5 blocks to a muffler shop to have a high flow cat installed and I drove there with my DC 4-1 and man..... When the Vtec switched over... It REALY hurt my ears...

 

go try it and let us know Im curious

 

LOUD as ****. but you get good top end gains at the track

 

im just wondering...cus i have seen a bunch of hatches over here...running around with open headers...and that **** sounds mean! They run stock exhaust with open headers...pretty good idea...but i dont know. It doesnt sound too loud to me...sounds like ls/v or b20/v. What do you guys think? Any advantages at all? Great high end? Yes no?

 

EAR BLEEDING will be evident!!!......guaranteed.

probly knock near a tenth off at the track tho!

 

its really loud and sounds mean, i had to drive a day with open header till i made my exhaust fit. i didnt really get on it but its loud and like someone else said it will smell like exhaust fumes in the car.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by GsR HtCh &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">LOUD as ****. but you get good top end gains at the track</TD></TR></TABLE> Ahh.. ok

 

When I put my Chikara header on I went around the block with it before I conected it to the cat and the sound is intense. Gave out some good power too.

 

[QUOTE=trooper0641]...running around with open headers...and that **** sounds mean! They run stock exhaust with open headers...pretty good idea...but i dont know.QUOTE]

Your cant run an open header with exhaust. point of an open header is nothing after it. They probably drilled a hole in the muffler . IMO, do not run open headers. Sounds like ****. Bleeding from the ears, breathing in CO2 and a trip to the ER (it's a stretch, c'mon now) is not worth the extra horsepower. I know in Pa you wont pass the emissions test.

Now is all the hassle worth it??? If you think it is, go for it. It's your car.

 

i gotta try this sometime. i still haven't heard it. it can't be that loud can it? my ears are half gone already.

 

I have heard it from an accord, on of my stunna friends, but he had no cat and a straight pipe. It wasnt that loud, but from inside the car it was very annoying. Plus it sounded like crap. SO once again, i dont see the point.

 

loud but worth it for a track only application

 

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i like it.... BTW i think its just open header. not headers. If you have a 4 cylinder.

 

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Wow, your car's exhaust has CO2 in it? Lemme get some of that ****.

 

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Wow, your car's exhaust has CO2 in it? Lemme get some of that ****.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Sorry, been doing some chemistry bullshitting....

I meant Carbon monoxide ( i dunno the molecular compound symbol for it)

 

mono is one so its CO

 

mAN
its MADD LOUD
i have A 94 ex i was installing my exhaust
and i didnt finish i drove to school
bottom end is normal
lil bit slower
BUT top end
especailly when u hear your vtec KICK IN
its SOO ****** loud
every 1 looks
sounds like a ****** straight racing car lol

 

i'm running open header right now on my d16z6 and i feel like i'm going to faint when i drive because of the fumes, i always have my windows down that way i wont pass out, open header on a d16 is loud! i would imagine open header on a bseries motor, that must be crazy loud

 

just take how loud you think it'll be and multiply by 10...ran open header on the h22 for a day after the swap...my ears couldn't handle it past 4k...hit vtec once and thought i was gonna be deaf...otherwise, pulled really nice

 

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Your cant run an open header with exhaust. point of an open header is nothing after it. They probably drilled a hole in the muffler . IMO, do not run open headers. Sounds like ****. . </TD></TR></TABLE>

Actually you can. The majority of people around here that used to run open header would leave their stock muffler and piping to look stock. They would either push the piping to the side, or use spacers to seperate the header from the piping, or eliminate the cat completely.

 

Like others have said it's loud and smells terrible. They do, however, make silencers for headers.