is open header ok

[salgmz]

i wanna know wut is so bad about open header.i got an 89 probe turbo yes turbo and runin it open header it got 5 more pounds of boost but i wanna know if its bad or doenst matter

[88Accord-DX]

Just run with NO header, bout the same to me.

[salgmz]

is it good for the engine or bad and explain please

[Oldblueaccord]

I say let her roll.......




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[MessyHonda]

pics!!!!

[2oodoor]

probably good to have some more plumbing past the collector so you are not sucking air back in or catching your fluid leaks on fire, you did say probe dint ya

[bobafett]

you mean open downpipe on your probe right?

[salgmz]

yes open down pipe.no pic srry.

[mustard_madman]

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you won't find the answers you need on 3geez. Sorry.

[2drSE-i]

you should be fine, just fuckishly loud. like they said though, run a little bit of pipe so you dont catch anything on fire.

[salgmz]

i already put the full exhaust bak on now my boost is bak to norm again it suks

[ghettogeddy]

i already put the full exhaust bak on now my boost is bak to norm again it suks

well get a high flow cat and a glass pack should open it up a bit

[salgmz]

my cat is gutted and i chpped off my muffler and it sounds good

[Whiter]

i have cut ports in my heads, its just a little smell while idling at a light with the windows open and a nasty fucking growl over 2k

[snoopyloopy]

you may possibly be running the risk of boost creep, but that's about it.

[poor_red_neck]

Well first it would be your DOWNPIPE not a header. You don't even have a header. It's a turbo manifold...

As long as hot exhaust gases won't be catching anything on fire the other problem you have to worry about is "boost creep." The stock wastegate is meant to operate with a certain amount of pressure in the exaust. This is why your boost has jumped up 5lbs. Does your car have enough fuel to support that extra air you're jamming in there? If not, you could be or will detonate your motor.

My rally car was a saab 900 turbo. 50 trim turbo, 3" down pipe to a side pipe right off the driver's side door area. No cat, no muffler, no nothing. Just a pipe. Yes it did shoot massive flames from time to time so be sure you don't catch anything on fire. Now the car was nowhere near stock, so it had the mods to support the extra boost. Same concept though.

[poor_red_neck]

you may possibly be running the risk of boost creep, but that's about it.

Whoops.... didn't read the thread before I posted.

Seems you have your answers.

I'd go ahead and say NO.

I wouldn't want an open exhaust that close to flammable liquids.

[AccordEpicenter]

bah youll be fine. youre not gonna be fast until you get a bigger turbo though, that ihi rhb5 is a pea shooter

[gfrg88]

bah youll be fine. youre not gonna be fast until you get a bigger turbo though, that ihi rhb5 is a pea shooter

[nzBA1lude]

should be fine just make sure the exhaust gases dont end up inside the passenger compartment losing brain cells doesnt help driving ability

[AccordB20A]

it got 5 more pounds cause ur wastegate holes too small and since u got no exhaust the wastegate doesnt do anything cause exhaust gases choose the fastest way out..eg thru the turbine. not out the wastegate

[-=89 LX-I=-*A20A3*]

If you live in a cold climate area i would atleast have a cut-out, so i could close it when i turn off the car because the cold air can come up through your header and warp the valves after running at reg temp and then being drasticly cooled down by outside air. But hey it aint my motor...