[Shotimes] headers

[Paul Nimz]

In this quarters (trimester :)) SHO club magazine the custom SHO motor
installed used 1 & 5/8" headers.

Paul Nimz
'97 TR
'93 EG mtx



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donelson Don" <1badsho@mail.tnh.net>
To: <dmall@mwonline.net>
Cc: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 10:14 AM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] headers


> 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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