rdmjr83 said:
Hi SN65,
I read above about your keeping the manifolds and not liking headers. I was curious as to your reasons for not liking headers besides them not always fitting the combinations they're supposed to. To me it seems that if you are going to be showing this car at all, people are going to love the body modifications but as soon as you pop the hood and people start nosing around in there and they see those manifolds on there I think they'll be taken aback and start asking you why you kept them. Just my $.02. Either way the car is still amazing though. Keep up the good work and I look forward to seeing the completed project.
Hi R,
Actually, I do like headers, just not for this application.
The things I do not like about headers are heat, noise, clearance and fit.
The things I like about headers are looks and improved performance. If I understand the 03 Cobra motor, long tube headers will net about a 20HP gain or about 5%. Other header configurations will net us less than that.
Long tube headers are pretty much out of the question. The ride height on this car is pretty low right now. I am concerned with ground clearance of the
suspension and structure. I am pretty confident that long tube headers will constantly drag and turn the underside of the car into a giant 4th of July sparkler show.
Mid length and shorter headers (due to the nature of cramming 10 lbs of crap into a 1 lb box) are going to present clearance issues on the drivers side with the revised steering linkage.
So... It just does not make much sense to me. I would be very disappointed if we went through all the trouble of installing mid or short length headers, achieved maybe a 2% increase but ended up with a hot, noisy header that smacked against the steering linkage every time I jumped on it, and believe me, this car will be jumped on a lot (NOTE: OK, it is really Wayne I am worried about. I may be a little bit aggressive behind the wheel, but Wayne has always felt the need to push cars to the limit).
A lot of people have pushed the header issue from the start. Trust me. If I could resolve the clearance issues, I would be installing headers.
Catch you l8r.
Bob
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