What Would You Do?

Foster98GT · Jul 22, 2006

My H Pipe is sitting in my living room on my couch taunting me. I want to have it installed but i don't have the MILs. I've done my research and Ive found that having an o/r H Pipe with no MILs will cause my check engine light to remail on. Of course i plan on getting them later, i just don't have the money now. Is it hard to install the MILs after the o/r pipe is on? What would you do?

d_punch · Jul 22, 2006

why do you have to get under the car again when you can do it in one shot.

GREG@SN95 · Jul 22, 2006

the mils prevent )2 sensors from throwing codes... which keep the engine running correctly...

check engine light is more then a light...

SonicStang · Jul 22, 2006

Take your Credit Card and get those friggin MILs.

uncltrvlnmatt · Jul 22, 2006

There is never enough time to do it right, but there is always time to do it over.

Do it one time correctly.

joshs95 · Jul 22, 2006

ye my check engine light been on ever sece I've had the car which isn't that long the car is completely fine so sece i have an h pipe could this be couseing if so were can i get this part at

JerZeyStangz · Jul 23, 2006

The best MIL's on the Market is Steeda!

95KBGT · Jul 23, 2006

wait and do it right

Matt94GT · Jul 25, 2006

INSTALL IT! :dance:

Foster98GT · Jul 26, 2006

BOOYAW! I plan on doing a self install this weekend... :banana: I will also try and get before and after video... :bunny3:

Iceman12 · Jul 31, 2006

YAY! Good choice, I waited for my MILs too. (they forgot to put them in the box with the h-pipe)

Don't be too worried if your MIL light is on for a day or two even with the MILs on. Took 2 days for mine cut off, and it kept comming back on hot days for a coupel weeks, but eventually stayed off. My guess was the compy had to get used to the modified O2 signal before it would except what it saw.

DropTopPony · Aug 1, 2006

i ran my X for 3 years without mil elim...it did run alittle rich. I guess the comp added fuel to be safe. Steeda mils have been in for awhile now though. Easier to do it all at one time.

TxCobrA98 · Aug 1, 2006

im going to try and get mine installed this weekend too. ive had my MILs for a while now but i havent had the time to install the hpipe.

Foster98GT · Aug 21, 2006

Well i got the pipe installed, my cel stayed off for about a week and came on. its been on for a couple of weeks now. Yes it runs rich, the fumes are very noticeable. Is there anything i can do about this?
Now as far as the sound, its wayy louder than it use to be and i love that but I'm undecided about the tone. To my it lacks tone. it sounds more like i have glass packs. I'm thinking of switching to Flowmaster. will the mufflers only bolt into my Mac catback?

Ender · Aug 21, 2006

It will smell like it's running rich because you don't have cats to remove unburned fuel, nothing you can do outside of installing a catted pipe. An offroad midpipe won't actually change your A/F ratio, the ecu only uses the readings from the front (pre-cat) sensors for tuning, the rears only check for properly functioning cats and trip a CEL if they are bad/missing. This has absolutely no effect on the way your car runs, you could drive around without MILS forever and it wouldn't hurt a thing.

As far as the mufflers go, you can get a set of Flowmasters and have them welded into your catback. Talk to FryRice and Scarface, they have both run Flows with an O/R H and could tell you which ones sound good.