I have a catless Y Pipe on my EA81. Bolted up to the heads with the Gaskets installed, runs back about two feet then joins. I wanna drive my Hatch over to tha muffler shop about one mile away and have the rest of the exhaust installed.Aside from all the noise, can I safely do this without hurting the engine/valve train?

I have a catless Y Pipe on my EA81. Bolted up to the heads with the Gaskets installed, runs back about two feet then joins. I wanna drive my Hatch over to tha muffler shop about one mile away and have the rest of the exhaust installed.Aside from all the noise, can I safely do this without hurting the engine/valve train?

For just 1 mile? No sweat I'd say

have some fun with it along the way!

You better get a video of that thing and let us hear it.

Be careful!

 

 

have some fun with it along the way!

 

Yeah, its snowing to boot...Thanks for the quick response's,Guys. Sounds like I'll be alright.

I know you guys have seen a million of them, but I gotta show you my new Hatch...CL again. Got it up around Bremerton last week. I snaged this one up so fast, edrach didn't even have time to link it to our Market Place.

 

I know you guys have seen a million of them, but I gotta show you my new Hatch...CL again. Got it up around Bremerton last week. I snaged this one up so fast, edrach didn't even have time to link it to our Market Place.

 

 

Again... I HATE you people up in the PNW!!

I saw my first Hatch in SWMO on the weekend... only thing holding the front half to the back half was the roof, passenger rocker panel and the fuel lines down the driver's side... whole floor rusted out

cobcob, I hear ya, man. We take it for Granted around here. Rust Free, it's

the norm, really.

I ripped my system off behind the cat (and it was a "gutless" cat) on the trails and drove it home for about 20 or so miles through two little quiet towns with very strict officers. Lucky I didn't get a ticket but seems to have done no harm.

Backfired alot though..... loud. hehe

 

And that is a sweet little hatch.

Nice!!! I'd love to have one of those little cars....they're pretty scarce around here. And one in that good of shape...I'd have better luck finding Bigfoot:(

i ran my sedan with just headers for a few weeks , as of now its headers to straight pipe (no mufflers) and goes ~500mi a week like that.

 

isaac

here's my exhaust I ran for a couple weeks till my head hurt every time I got out of my car:

 

 

 

you can definitely go a mile, you have more pipe than I did, and I was running 2 inch cherry bombs

Right on! I'm all set up for tomorrow. Maybe It'l sound so good. I'll stick with just straight pipes.

straight pipes arent bad, but having the exit at the back of the car makes all the difference, if the exit is under the car it is damn loud.

 

isaac

straight pipes arent bad, but having the exit at the back of the car makes all the difference, if the exit is under the car it is damn loud.

 

isaac

 

I can attest to that! It rattles your brain, kinda like driving a NASCAR, but with out the power and speed

i drove my 80 gl5 1600 with just the head pipes all the way to the muffler shop and i swear to god it sounds like your driving grave digger lol. go for it my car runs better than ever with the 2.5 inch exhaust cattless with a 5 inch can on it. whooa

if you put a 90 degree turndown on the end you can end them under the car and its not too bad. I drove a 68 galaxie 500 that was set up this way once and it wasnt terrible

I can attest to that! It rattles your brain, kinda like driving a NASCAR, but with out the power and speed

 

ROFL love it

Nice looking Hatch markjw!

i bought the magnaflow y pipe and then found Bosal Brospeed subie performance muffler on the bay of e, makes my E82 sound like an STi

i love the way boxer engines sound!!

Is this shop going to install an exhaust on a car with no catalytic converter??

Why you guys run without one is beyond me. Replacing the original with a new, high flow cat makes better sense.

Is this shop going to install an exhaust on a car with no catalytic converter??

 

 

This IS Yelm. I just dropped it off about twenty minutes ago..I told him it had a Y pipe and a muffler and asked that he just connect the two. He didn't even flinch..I gave him my keys and he said come back in two hours. We'll see. It sounded Great...At first it was kinda nasty 'cause that engine hasn't ran in a long time...It seattled down quick thou. I drained the Gas Tank this morning and added 5 gal of new gas. Man, 9 yr old gas really has a diffrent smell. Thats how long this Hatch sat in the PO barn. Needed a clutch adjustment but other than that,ran Great. Loud Too.

The shop did a Great job. He cut out the resonator, something about it was giving him a problem..Never even mentioned the Cat. They did see the Weber I just installed and when I mentioned opening up the exhaust, everybody just smiled and knoded in agreement. It is SO much quicker than my wagon, which is also weberized. I'm stoked.

Paying 100+ for high flow cat on a car that cost $200 is beyond me. I'll leave em on the shelf for the honda race car guys.

That is one clean Hatch nice find

 

Is this shop going to install an exhaust on a car with no catalytic converter??

Why you guys run without one is beyond me. Replacing the original with a new, high flow cat makes better sense.

Paying 100+ for high flow cat on a car that cost $200 is beyond me. I'll leave em on the shelf for the honda race car guys.

That is one clean Hatch nice find

 

It's not about that, but I'll save my breath and not discuss it here.

Is this shop going to install an exhaust on a car with no catalytic converter??

Why you guys run without one is beyond me. Replacing the original with a new, high flow cat makes better sense.

 

Only reason I don't run one is they keep getting destroyed off-roading. (once you cave them in the only thing the guts are good for is clogging your muffler)

And as that is the primary use of my GL, it makes sense to quit putting new ones on. I have a brand new one sitting on the bench awaiting an install right now. It will come back off once DEQ gives me my new tags.

I'd love to keep it clean, but a new cat every other time I drive the car gets old. (I'm not gentle on it)