No tailpipes?

[U2SLO450]

What what it hurt to run the car with the tailpipes off?

 

[GearHd6]

No but it'll hurt you when your sitting in traffic with your windows down on a hot day.

 

[85ragtop]

I don't have any tailpipes and I don't get hardly any in my car.

 

[stang2004]

wouldnt hurt the car at all.

 

[stang8urimport]

I would destroy the motor! Don't do it! It would cause the piston return springs to fluxuate and without the back pressure, the coolant flowing through the mufflers might boil over.

 

[U2SLO450]

I wonder how bad the fumes would be

 

[mricci]

I have Mac wtih no tips on them so they go over the rearend and stop there and i get no fumes at all in my car.

 

[85_SS_302_Coupe]

The fumes are tolerable. If they're really that bad then your car isn't running right. You do actually lose a veeeeery small amount of torque but you pick up a veeeeeery small amount of HP too. The gains/losses are irrelevant but they will show up on a dyno, but they're not good enough reasons for or against running tailpipes. Your car will also be quite a bit louder all though the RPM range.

 

[NKau]

You do lose style points. I hate the way LX's look without tails........

 

[Lyncher]

You do lose style points. I hate the way LX's look without tails........

 

[Dayzed50]

although the exhaust odor may not be overwhelming remember that carbon monoxide is odorless, so even if it's seeping into your car you may not be fully aware of it. i never thought it a problem until my buddy with a early 90s SHO started having horrible headaches and frequent exhaustion which was later diagnosed as elevated levels of carbon mono, caused by having his exhaust dumped directly under the car and daily driven. just a warning, that's all.