I took the car out for a couple of minutes.. came home and looked under the car and my H pipe was glowing.. it looked pretty cool lol.. but seriously it was red!! ive heard that it might have something to do with some vaccumes or sumthing?? i just complete my 5.0 swap and dont have all vaccums connect.. just ones that i new where they went.. here some pics.. there kinda crapy due to my gay sidekick.
WTF.. Glowing H Pipe!!
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86T-Top
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Could be clogged cats. Are your headers glowing also? If they are you could have a lean condition or the timing could be too far retarded.
Mario
Mario
86T-Top said:
Glowing headers does not mean lean man , do your research your spreading false information ... GLOWING HEADERS = RICH .
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86T-Top
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emagdnim said:
Thanks, but I'll take first hand experiance b4 I trust something I read on the internet. Read my other reply to you in another headers glowing red thread. Yes they are right that a rich mixture can ALSO cause glowing headers but it is not the only thing. I have seen it first hand that a lean condition will make your headers turn orange.
BTW maybe you should do some more research b4 calling B.S. on someone.
Mario
wat if the headers arent glowing?? just the H pipe.. if the H pipe is glowing the shouldnt the headers too?? i just dont want to go look right now bc its late and my car is too loud.. i do have a leak where the H connects to the headers... prolly on both side.. i dont have the lil donuts installed
86T-Top said:
I don't think a lean condition would make your H-pipe glow read. Headers maybe. Even race cars headers glow red when they are running right. It is all about how much heat your letting off. In this kids situation. I believe that it is because he is running too rich or has clogged cats.
Dean85GT
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wait if its just the H-pipe glowing it sounds like clogged cats. Be careful your interior carpet doesnt get burned,
jstang209 said:I took the car out for a couple of minutes.. came home and looked under the car and my H pipe was glowing.. it looked pretty cool lol.. but seriously it was red!! ive heard that it might have something to do with some vaccumes or sumthing?? i just complete my 5.0 swap and dont have all vaccums connect.. just ones that i new where they went.. here some pics.. there kinda crapy due to my gay sidekick.
Is the line connected from the air pump to the cats? That could be your problem.
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87GTSnake said:
Looking in the sig, it looks like he has an Off road H-pipe, Do you even have cats? I couldn't find anything to support that.
SD, and im having trouble with the vac line.. all of them arent connect.. i have a catted H pipe with the gcats removed.. but it still seems to be a lil hotter than supposed to be.. i do have that line connected btw
does is the engine turn rich outta nowhere?? i mean someone would have had to mistakenly advanced the timing too much correct? i took the engine arpart befor i threw it in.. but i didnt mess with the distributer.. but then again i put 15 dollars in my tank and it was already on E in less than 30 minutes...
is your motor missing...i remember you saying your car was loud and that one guys that worked on it said the cats were clogged...do you have a miss in the motor? if so that puts unburned gas down your exhaust and it burned in your cats...the reason the headers are not glowing is because gravity is gonna pull it down fast and settle in a level area: your h-pipe and on and if you have cats, it WILL burn up in there if anywhere...if not, sounds like your o2 sensors are running in a rich or lean condition...have it scanned...if both of your o2 sensors are bad, check your MAF sensor cause its very uncommon to have both o2 sensors go bad at the same time...then again, i bet it looks like you have ground effects! HA! probably makes the ricers jealous since its "naturally aspirated" ground effects 
good luck bro...keep me posted.
-jeremy
good luck bro...keep me posted.-jeremy
wouldnt you notice a miss.. the motor sounds normal when started up.. except for the loud ass leak
I had my cats glowing once and I couldnt figure it out.
It sounded normal but also backfired some when I stomped on the gas and let go.
It costs me $50 to figure it out.
your vacuum leak or leaks is probably a different prob.
email me at [email protected] if you want to know what I know.
It sounded normal but also backfired some when I stomped on the gas and let go.
It costs me $50 to figure it out.
your vacuum leak or leaks is probably a different prob.
email me at [email protected] if you want to know what I know.
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