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Glowing headers at idle after 5 minutes?

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Okay, this kinda scared me. I finished swapping in the Mach 1 springs last night, and wanted to take the car around the block and check it out. (they're f'n awesome btw) and the car has been sitting for about 3 weeks since I haven't had a chance to get this swap done. So I had to jump it cause of a dead battery and when I did, everything was fine.....while I was unhooking the cables, I noticed that the headers were glowing RED HOT after only about 5 minutes of idle.

Is this normal? I don't think so. I quickly got moving to get some air over them and when I got back they had cooled.....but that was just weird.
 

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Converters are clogged up.
 

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what converters?

We don't need no stinkin' converters!
 

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runnin' a bit rich?
 

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Prime Lord said:
what converters?

We don't need no stinkin' converters!
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Really rich, really lean or an obstruction. What mufflers you got?
 

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Dynomax SuperTurbo's...though they have been sitting for years. Maybe they need replacing.
 
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Pull the plugs first, and tell us how they look. Does the car smell really rich ? Does it have any detenation ? I would put my money that its running lean.
 

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Stick your head under the car and see if the mufflers are blown up like balloons.
 

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no balloons. I was under there last night.

I'll have to pull the plugs and look. Hrmm. No detonation, no smells out of the ordinary.
 
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