Actually, I recently found out this may not be true in a lot of cases... According to a recent Car Craft article (Dec. 2003) comparing headers, shortys actually made as much as 23 hp more than long tubes (+11hp at peak), and only sacrificed a max of 7 lb-ft of torque (and that was up to 3600rpm, at which point the shortys made more torque than long tubes). This may actually make shortys a better choice, especially for a traction limited car like our Mustangs.Jonstantine said:long tubes make more power
DarkBuddha said:Actually, I recently found out this may not be true in a lot of cases... According to a recent Car Craft article (Dec. 2003) comparing headers, shortys actually made as much as 23 hp more than long tubes (+11hp at peak), and only sacrificed a max of 7 lb-ft of torque (and that was up to 3600rpm, at which point the shortys made more torque than long tubes). This may actually make shortys a better choice, especially for a traction limited car like our Mustangs.
thats really really interesting...DarkBuddha said:Actually, I recently found out this may not be true in a lot of cases... According to a recent Car Craft article (Dec. 2003) comparing headers, shortys actually made as much as 23 hp more than long tubes (+11hp at peak), and only sacrificed a max of 7 lb-ft of torque (and that was up to 3600rpm, at which point the shortys made more torque than long tubes). This may actually make shortys a better choice, especially for a traction limited car like our Mustangs.
Here's a link to the original article, and they have dyno numbers too... http://www.carcraft.com/techarticles/116_0312_test/index1.htmlJonstantine said:thats really really interesting...
can you give me some more info on the article?
what kind of testing did they do, and on what kind of setups
66fasterback said:Well I asked my girlfriend & longer is better ! That's why she left. LOL
SuperDave said:That's old macho belief revived by the "spammers". Only the insecure fall for it. Ask any woman; it's not how much you have, it's how you use it.
Could that be another "Timless Wisdom"?
rbohm said:for the street you likely wont notice the difference between short and long tube headers, so pick a set that fits nice and looks good.
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