Dan the man
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Excuse me, my badDid I quote you? Holy **** man, give yer head a shake. In THIS CASE yeah, I'm talking to you.....
So what do you hope for??
Excuse me, my badDid I quote you? Holy **** man, give yer head a shake. In THIS CASE yeah, I'm talking to you.....
So what do you hope for??
I have a question about header tube diameter. Is it true that the 1 1/2" primary tube size is better for the scavenging of the cylinders as the smaller tube size will remove the exhaust gases faster and more complete? From the reading I've done this is supposed to be true in engines up to 360 cid and less 500 horsepower. I don't know this as fact only from what I've read and you know how articles can be miss leading. So I thought that I would ask someone who has the experience and knowledge about these things.If you decide on headers stick to 1 5/8 size on your
combo.
OK, by by. You’ll get over it.Well being called a "lier" whatever that is, justifies me putting you on ignore a while back.
LMAODid I quote you? Holy **** man, give yer head a shake. In THIS CASE yeah, I'm talking to you.....
So what do you hope for??
I have a question about header tube diameter. Is it true that the 1 1/2" primary tube size is better for the scavenging of the cylinders as the smaller tube size will remove the exhaust gases faster and more complete? From the reading I've done this is supposed to be true in engines up to 360 cid and less 500 horsepower. I don't know this as fact only from what I've read and you know how articles can be miss leading. So I thought that I would ask someone who has the experience and knowledge about these things.
I have a question about header tube diameter. Is it true that the 1 1/2" primary tube size is better for the scavenging of the cylinders as the smaller tube size will remove the exhaust gases faster and more complete? From the reading I've done this is supposed to be true in engines up to 360 cid and less 500 horsepower. I don't know this as fact only from what I've read and you know how articles can be miss leading. So I thought that I would ask someone who has the experience and knowledge about these things.
I was only going by what I've read and I know that you can't believe everything you read in those booksNo. There isn’t a decent V8 I can think of that would want a 1.5 inch tube.
You need to drag your *** to a dragstrip and see how many cars have 1 1/2 inch headers on them.
The answer is NONE. And disabuse yourself of the notion that a street car would want something different.
Nah.
Mine has 1.5" tubes off the heads.
But its only a 340
;)
Now as far as find them in the marketplace, well that's another story.
knowing matt, they're custom made and tuned precisely to his cam, valves and intake tact. ;)Where did you get those??? That’s unicorn **** right there
I was talking about street cars. I'm not saying that it's correct but look how good those 5.0 mustang's ran and they have 1 1/2" primary tube headers. What's a pain in the butt is why these magazines print information that can be miss leadingNo. There isn’t a decent V8 I can think of that would want a 1.5 inch tube.
You need to drag your *** to a dragstrip and see how many cars have 1 1/2 inch headers on them.
The answer is NONE. And disabuse yourself of the notion that a street car would want something different.
Brian Slowe made them. You know I have Pipemax and went as close to Elston's suggestions as we could. I have a few extra flange plates for future projects or if someone else wants because Brian wasn't comfortable getting into blacksmithing the tubes into the flange. Not going into more here because its way off from what the OP is looking to get into. There's a thread about it on Speed-talk.Where did you get those??? That’s unicorn **** right there
I can't recall if the old early A-Body Dougs were 1.5 off the head. Mapes has them on his Goldfish. Those were something like three sections on one side.does anybody even sell 1.5" primary tube headers for our cars?
anyway, to the question at hand. 1 5/8 and call it done. best fit chassis and motor wise, broadest selection of mfgrs
I was talking about street cars. I'm not saying that it's correct but look how good those 5.0 mustang's ran and they have 1 1/2" primary tube headers. What's a pain in the butt is why these magazines print information that can be miss leading