My street legal dune buggy is open header. There's nothing illegal about it. Here in ga. It's a classic so no emissions, and it isn't louder than the DB law.

Im not gonna run open headers on my camaro though. Owning one loud car is already to much, I don't think open header is practical for me as a DD. But I do plan on a magnaflow by the end of the year. Something quiet that I can hear when I get on it.

 

my 28 model a sedan runs open headers and its been that way for 5 years never been stopped. open headers on a nice camaro would sound like crap

 

I ran open headers for a month or two and never had a problem with the fuzz. I don't think its legal but honestly what cop is going to crawl under my car? I can't fit a jack under it let alone a person. I thought it sounded cool and I got a lot of looks from the females in the school parking lot.

 

Those buggies are very cool, but I was under the impression most of em just run little air-cooled volkswagen engines, right? Those things are neither large displacement nor high compression, so the volume levels from those are going to be pretty reasonable. Regardless, open headers is an emissions violation in thirdgens. You would be moving the cat from its stock location at the very least, probably a lot of other issues too, which even though it isn't policed in your area, is still a federal crime.

Something like that would be perfect. Do you know if you have a dual cat car? Look in the hatch in the little "door" that's on the driver's side, and pop it open and you should see the RPO code list... the "SPID Sheet". See if it has N10 on it. It will also list every single option your car has, so it may be interesting to you to look at it anyway.

Dual cats is a pretty cool option but it will complicate getting an aftermarket catback. You may be better off literally getting JUST the muffler. The PO of my car just got a flowmaster 80 welded onto the back of the stock exhaust system, and it sounded great for a stock 305.

Open headers sound embarassing. It's way too loud and screams to people "GIVE ME ATTENTION NOW!" just like the giant fart cans on Hondas do. If you got attention from the ladies I doubt it was positive, unless they were very young. Probably too young to consent to relations in most states.

Open headers are cool on race cars that can turn 10 second quarter miles on motor. But if you've got a stock throttle body 305 it's just pretending to be something it isn't. And btw, until you've got new heads/cam/intake, it's still stock as far as Im concerned.

 

Woah calm down dude. I'm in high school so I don't really care how old they are and just so you know it was positive, they think its pretty sick. I only ran them before my headers and cat back were connected for a short time but everyone that saw it didnt think I was "pretending" anything. I understand my motor is stock your not teaching me anything new your just coming off as full of yourself and pretty damn stupid if you ask me.

 

Lol, Im sorry then. I just dont have patience for uneducated simpletons perpetuating the thirdgen stereotype of tasteless, uneducated simpletons who drive loud, rusty, beat to death cars with no mufflers. Open headers is part of that category. Especially when it's loud and slow. There's just no point to a loud and slow car. I think MY OWN car is too loud too. But it's hard to find a decent 3.5 inch muffler, although Hooker makes one now...

But anyway, you say you're in high school so it all makes sense now. You're not really in the same category. I'll let you have your fun while you can. I wish I had a thirdgen in high school, I'd probably drive around with open headers too at that age.

But being the crotchety old turd I am these days, I dont like loud cars unless they're fast enough to justify the deafening racket that comes from them.

 

Well mines no beater, I keep it mint condish. Its cool though, I suppose I understand where your coming from now that its worded differently. I dont like the stereotype either but Im pretty sure your whole opinion of me would change if you saw my car.

 

i say, lower it, and toss on some 18*10 in the rear and 18*8.5 up front with the widest tiers you can fit under there, ... a good magnaflow exhaust, and some 5% in the back and 20% tint on the sides , and your good

 

Maybe just some performance struts and your stock springs, an inch lower just isn't worth the paint off your front gfx to me.

 

I disagree. Lowered my car on intrax 2in drop springs. These cars love a drop.Handling is night and day from the old springs. As long as you drive it responsibly and aren't an idiot you'll be fine. Drive it like a lowered sports car.

 

How your driving isnt the only factor, the condition of the road is a big part of it too. I dont drive like and idiot and I've bottomed out at stock height twice from the road just taking a dip on a straight away. That's how I lost my original muffler. Pulling into steep drive ways and stuff you'd just have to be careful and take it at a big angle.

 

I hear roads up north are pretty bad...

If you drive a lot of sports cars you get used to looking out for these things. You sure dont just ***** nilly zip up roads you don't know.

 

Well if you guys have better roads then I suppose it makes sense. I wasnt haulin on a random road though I take the same road to work everyday I just wasnt expecting it at all thats why im so sketched out about lowering.

 

The thing is that these cars look so much better lowered. But they are already low. I feel like a paranoid drug addict every time I go over a speed bump, at stock height!

Hope fully when I get my new wheels I wont feel like I need to lower it.

 

Haha oh yeah I know the feeling

 

Well I put some 3.5" exhaust tips on it. I like the look.

 

Looks great! You have a nice 3rd gen, take care of it!

 

looks good! get that sagging hatch taken care of though..

 

Thanks.

And I know Mac 87, that pull down motor died on me. I'm having a hard time finding a decent one.

 

Actually i was referring to the fact that the hatch itself appears to be an inch or so too far back. Perhaps thats just an optical illusion due in part to the motor not having it closed all the way, cant quite tell from the angle of the pics. Lemme know your solution to the hatch pulldown. The PO of my Camaro took out the guts for the hatch pull down so even if i found a motor for it theres no place to put the motor. lol. unfortunately he also shaved the keyhole. ugh.

 

I know you now after seeing your buggy. We've talked at the Powder Springs Park cruise in. Hey, if you are going to lower it, do it right. I agree with the light tint, going to do mine soon. I struggle with wheel choice because it can make or break the car. I personally like the stock silver but mine were polished and they need a lot of work to bring them back. Hopefully you've got some miles under your belt with it. They are great looking cars out of the box, just take care of those headlight areas with some satin black and just remove the underhood insulation and remove the blisters. Scuff them, prime them, sand them smooth and shoot them with some duplicolor and clear them. They'll be fine. Personally I would'nt paint the blisters. I really wanted a 91 cause I dont car too much for the heritage stripes but that is my opinion. You should also look into the blackout trim piece for the lower area. I believer you car should have a blacked out grille.

 

Buggy, that's a nice 91 you have. There weren't too many 91 and 92 z28's made, so you got a relatively rare one. Anything you do, do it with that in mind. When I first got my 92, I contemplated changing it greatly, but after researching and finding they are pretty few and far between, I have decided to keep mine stock (mostly). I hope I can get a nice paint job like yours has, great car!

 

hey PM me, im a 16 year old with a budget building up a 92 RS. we can swap ideas and stuff

 

Yeah that's the same way I feel about my '92 Z wish I knew what characters make a thumbs up

 

Damon23, I was wondering if that was you. I agree. I am going with the lower trim piece. Im afraid to have anything painted at the moment. Im still concemplating on that.

Thanks jtsk. I am going to do a couple of mods to it, but nothing crazy, at all.

Will do johnf123

I borrowed a professional camera, and detailed/waxed my car. Here are a couple of pictures of how the car is now. It will give me something to reference to when I lower it in the next couple of months.







Mac 87, your right about the sagging hatch. How the heck do I fix that. Ever since youve mentioned it, its been bugging me.

 

I think you should leave th headlight buckets unpainted. They make your car stand out from other 3rd gens.

 

https://www.thirdgen.org/hatchalign

 

i would say don't get different rims, i painted mine black with teal(cars color) trim going through the rim(the indentions for looks) my rims are the same as yours, kinda hard to find where im at too.

 

I'm surprised nobody mentioned mw66nova's car, I wouldn't pick a fight with it lol, that thing is hella agressive.

 

is also a deffierent front end and way out of a wheel tire budget.

 

I would not do too much really, looks like a nice car that just needs a good cleaning and buff. A nice drop would make it looks better, but over all the wheels are not bad. I say be happy you have the car you want in high school. I wanted and found a killer 87 Blue IROC T-Tops when I was 16, had the cash and my mom would not let me get it. I ended up geting an 89 Camry for more money LOL!

 

I say leave it the way it is, your car looks great. An unmolested third-gen is more valuable and thanks the Patrick Swayze and hundreds of rednecks a lot more rare.