When I first put a header on my car I drove it about 2 miles to the muffler
shop. Don't get carried away and it should be fine. If you can, put the pipe
on that flows the exhaust under the car and not just the straight down pipe.
It will run real lean, but as long as you don't go to far it shouldn't
overheat.
Loud - YES.
Drive slowly and don't floor it and you should be OK.
Larry
On 3/29/02 10:05 AM, "TeachJP@aol.com" <TeachJP@aol.com> made the profound
revelation:
> If you remember the exhausting saga of the 79 Midget, I've got the header on
> and will make all of the appropriate connections to the carb and cooling
> system that have been done. The header just dumps under the car at this
> point, my question is, is the car ok to drive to the muffler shop, about 1.5
> miles without an exhuast system. Obviously, I would have the windows open so
> I don't die from the fumes. My two concerns are harming the engine and how
> much noise the thing will produce and will it attract the local constabulary?
> Any thoughts? I have AAA so it would not cost anything to have it flatbeded
> over, but then I am at the mercy of AAA. The people at the muffler shop tell
> me that they need the car to be running, they don't want to push it. The guy
> I talked to also had a concern that the midget may not fit on their lifts,
> anyone else have that problem? Thanks for all of the help, once Chuch ground
> the header to the right size, it only took an hour to get it on, including
> those lovely nuts under the header, I was even able to get a box end on them
> to make sure they are good and tight.
>
> John Poynton
> 79 Midget "Yellow Fever"
> Havertown Pa 19083
>
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Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
macy@bbl.med.upenn.edu
System Administrator/Manager
Neuropsychiatry Section
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce St. - 1015 Gates
Philadelphia, PA 19104
"Don't be afraid to ask dumb questions, they are a lot easier to
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