In this Summit Racing Quick Flicks video, Mike will help you choose the right type of headers for your exhaust system—focusing on shortys and long-tube headers. Learn why full-length, long tube headers generally will give you the best exhaust velocity and scavenging, and overall performance. However, all sized headers offer specific characteristics that can help
Stock exhaust systems typically restrict the flow of exhaust gases out of your engine, and thus prevent your engine from reaching its full power potential. In our “Exhaustive Research” post, we showed you how to choose the right exhaust system to help gain back lost horsepower. Of course, the first exhaust components to handle spent exhaust gases
Way back in the dawn of hot rodding, exhaust headers were a make-your-own proposition. Through trial and error, you cut and welded pieces of tubing together to create headers for your Flathead Ford, Red Ram Hemi, Jimmy six, or that newfangled small block Chevy. Sometimes you got something that worked, and sometimes you didn’t. Times
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