[Shotimes] headers

[Donelson Don]

The headers I had on first Super SHO were in my opinion to large. 

They sounded nice .. looked nice .. but too large. It would have been nice to compare headers of a smaller ID but hard to fabricate by hand a  spare set for comparison purposes 

They did increase HP but as don m mentioned but i also think i lost some low end torque.

When I sold the car to Phil S first thing he did was remove the true duels and headers and put on a high flow cat and a Borla exhaust.

He noticed a definite loss of hp esp at high RPM's but it picked up in the low to middle range.

dond


---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Donald Mallinson <dmall@mwonline.net>
Reply-To: dmall@mwonline.net
Date:  Fri, 30 May 2003 08:30:37 -0500

>Joseph,
>
>I thought the basic consensus was that the stock headers 
>were pretty darn good for almost all applications.
>
>Go too big and you lose low end torque.
>
>Don Mallinson
>
>van Oss wrote:
>> IIRC, years ago Ted Breaux had a pair of exhaust headers made, but the
>> tubing was too large so he ended up removing them.  I remember reading later
>> on the list, perhaps from Ted, that 1-5/8" ID tubing would be ideal for
>> headers on a normally aspirated SHO.
>> 
>> What's the consensus, do headers make sense on a NA SHO?  Or, looked at the
>> other way, what would the price have to get down to for headers to be a
>> worthwhile mod?
>> 
>> Joseph van Oss
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