So it's either the original shocks making me seasick or an inaudible exhaust leak giving me CO poisoning, but I am nauseous and have a headache after driving my '86 NYer more than a few miles. I am putting a CO alarm in the car tommorow just in case. CO makes more sense as the symptoms persist for ~3 hours after driving. Two front windows open, rears closed, HVAC off, around town driving.
I suppose it might also be ethylene gycol poisoning, but I've only had that before in higher concentrations than say a heatercore leak would put out. A face full of coolant mist has made me sick for a few hours though. I don't have a metallic taste in my mouth which is characteristic of that poisoning.
I'm used to NA and blown v8 stuff so my exhaust leaks were always audible ticks in the past. (they also never made me sick either...) I guess the pipe could be rotted enough to be porous, but it doesnt LOOK that bad.
So I have a few questions:
Will a 3" downpipe fit my 2.25" SW? (I found one for sale used)
How likely is a leak upstream of the DP? I figured that would be loud with all the backpressure. I'm not also particularly enthused about the possibility of needing to remove the head on a motor that only has 35k miles for a stupid exhaust leak.
Also what are reasonable quality cheap shocks for the front? The rears are air shocks and still hold air so I think they are ok.