ls2 180 degree headers
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VG#838:
I wasn't aiming at you, you're trying to keep this on track, I was aiming at the other two.
Correcting of engineers, I don't doubt it, higher education doesn't waive smarts
(and conversely, there are higher educated smart people out there).
If you can fabricate headers, then by all means proceed... there'd be a very interesting learning curve regarding the specific details such as diameters, lengths, merges, tuning/harmonics, space constraints... I imagine someone going several iterations.
Another good example of 180 degree headers in a mid-engine car is the Ford GT40 with the FE 427.
I wasn't aiming at you, you're trying to keep this on track, I was aiming at the other two.
Correcting of engineers, I don't doubt it, higher education doesn't waive smarts
(and conversely, there are higher educated smart people out there).
If you can fabricate headers, then by all means proceed... there'd be a very interesting learning curve regarding the specific details such as diameters, lengths, merges, tuning/harmonics, space constraints... I imagine someone going several iterations.
Another good example of 180 degree headers in a mid-engine car is the Ford GT40 with the FE 427.
what ive also gathered, there is no need at all for an x or h pipe which makes things not necessarily easier all in all but is a relief in the entire thought.
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and I could, turn a flat plane crank... but id rather do 180 degree headers because you cant buy them for my car but I can buy a flat plane crank...
now if everyone would stop with the pissing match and either leave the thread or get back on task to the 180 degree headers. I don't want to hear why I shouldn't, but why I should.
The fact that almost everyone that has posted says you shouldn't should be enough...
But its your money, i guess.
The only reason I can imagine why you should build 180 degree headers...
I can't come up with a single good reason, other than as a exercise to say you did, or impress a couple guys on the internet.
You are talking about dumping $4,000 on an exhaust that might be worth 10 hp more than a couple hundred $ headers, and on top of that you are spending a ton of time hacking a car up to fit it...
Drop half of that money on a turbo and you can gain 300 to 700 hp, instead of 10 or 20.
Blow the other half on coke and hookers.
You'll end up with a faster car, better stories, and way more impressed guys on the internet
#43
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The fact that almost everyone that has posted says you shouldn't should be enough...
But its your money, i guess.
The only reason I can imagine why you should build 180 degree headers...
I can't come up with a single good reason, other than as a exercise to say you did, or impress a couple guys on the internet.
You are talking about dumping $4,000 on an exhaust that might be worth 10 hp more than a couple hundred $ headers, and on top of that you are spending a ton of time hacking a car up to fit it...
Drop half of that money on a turbo and you can gain 300 to 700 hp, instead of 10 or 20.
Blow the other half on coke and hookers.
You'll end up with a faster car, better stories, and way more impressed guys on the internet
But its your money, i guess.
The only reason I can imagine why you should build 180 degree headers...
I can't come up with a single good reason, other than as a exercise to say you did, or impress a couple guys on the internet.
You are talking about dumping $4,000 on an exhaust that might be worth 10 hp more than a couple hundred $ headers, and on top of that you are spending a ton of time hacking a car up to fit it...
Drop half of that money on a turbo and you can gain 300 to 700 hp, instead of 10 or 20.
Blow the other half on coke and hookers.
You'll end up with a faster car, better stories, and way more impressed guys on the internet
you must only be commenting here to test out your typing skills because anything you've said is null and void to the point of the thread.
you can go lay down now.
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Alright, alright, alright! Sorry guys. Just tryin to help.
So you want 180 headers 'cause they sound sweet. Reason enough. It's better than truck manifolds. (Those match the air flow demand at a steady state, in theory.)
So, what cylinders are you gonna pair in order to get the flat plane sound?
How are you gonna merge the tubes?
Stainless?
The 7K rpm on stock heads, with FLAT torque was a tough goal to hack.
So you want 180 headers 'cause they sound sweet. Reason enough. It's better than truck manifolds. (Those match the air flow demand at a steady state, in theory.)
So, what cylinders are you gonna pair in order to get the flat plane sound?
How are you gonna merge the tubes?
Stainless?
The 7K rpm on stock heads, with FLAT torque was a tough goal to hack.
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Me thinks Mike1444 likes to hear himself talk...or type...
Once you graduate and get into real world where things don't act they "should" or you think some software told you it should it will be interesting.
And as far as this "don't build what you can buy" comment....what a line of bullshit. I understand the view that sometimes certain things are not worth building due to the cost/benefit ratio...but jesus being in engineering you are just lazy.
You are an engineer I could not stand being in the same room with since you seem to have no outside the box thinking due to your comments in here.
Hell, even if they don't work or make no more power than off the shelf headers, then OP can say he built something different that not too many people can handle. If everyone thought like you then everyone would ASSUME that the vendors made the best possible solution to any given problem...which is not the case.
End rant. Pisses me off when people that have their head buried so deep in virtual reality/CAD that they **** on other that want to actually research/fabricate something.
Once you graduate and get into real world where things don't act they "should" or you think some software told you it should it will be interesting.
And as far as this "don't build what you can buy" comment....what a line of bullshit. I understand the view that sometimes certain things are not worth building due to the cost/benefit ratio...but jesus being in engineering you are just lazy.
You are an engineer I could not stand being in the same room with since you seem to have no outside the box thinking due to your comments in here.
Hell, even if they don't work or make no more power than off the shelf headers, then OP can say he built something different that not too many people can handle. If everyone thought like you then everyone would ASSUME that the vendors made the best possible solution to any given problem...which is not the case.
End rant. Pisses me off when people that have their head buried so deep in virtual reality/CAD that they **** on other that want to actually research/fabricate something.
As for 180 headers, the original poster is on the right track by using the tube length from a good 1.75" header. He might want to step to 2" and then to the collector diameter of the mass produced header, probably 3". The rest is fitment and fabrication. The only other way to scavenge is to have normal headers X or Y together as close to the collectors as possible. Look at ARH C6 headers, and how they sound.
#46
The fact that almost everyone that has posted says you shouldn't should be enough...
But its your money, i guess.
The only reason I can imagine why you should build 180 degree headers...
I can't come up with a single good reason, other than as a exercise to say you did, or impress a couple guys on the internet.
You are talking about dumping $4,000 on an exhaust that might be worth 10 hp more than a couple hundred $ headers, and on top of that you are spending a ton of time hacking a car up to fit it...
Drop half of that money on a turbo and you can gain 300 to 700 hp, instead of 10 or 20.
Blow the other half on coke and hookers.
You'll end up with a faster car, better stories, and way more impressed guys on the internet
But its your money, i guess.
The only reason I can imagine why you should build 180 degree headers...
I can't come up with a single good reason, other than as a exercise to say you did, or impress a couple guys on the internet.
You are talking about dumping $4,000 on an exhaust that might be worth 10 hp more than a couple hundred $ headers, and on top of that you are spending a ton of time hacking a car up to fit it...
Drop half of that money on a turbo and you can gain 300 to 700 hp, instead of 10 or 20.
Blow the other half on coke and hookers.
You'll end up with a faster car, better stories, and way more impressed guys on the internet
OP I'm really anxious to see how you plan out the pipe routing.
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Some people have a lot of book/software smarts but can't apply it to the real world and their world ends when something doesn't work the way they think it should. Other engineers are a good blend of both real world and virtual situations. I like to think I am one of those.
I saw the comments in here as:
-OP wants to try something different and "outside the box" to fabricate
-Some come in here and tell him don't do it because some software said so and or you should buy something off the shelf.
The older I get the more I come to realize that being an "engineer" is based on fundamentals of problem solving utilizing technology and experience to find a solution. The engineering school helps you with understanding the WHY's of physics/dynamics but by no means is the end-all be-all answer. You need to make it in order to prove it.
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ls2 180 degree headers
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The older I get the more I come to realize that being an "engineer" is based on fundamentals of problem solving...
The older I get the more I come to realize that being an "engineer" is based on fundamentals of problem solving...
Pre-bent tube would make fab easier, and is a good balance between buying and making.
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Alright, alright, alright! Sorry guys. Just tryin to help.
So you want 180 headers 'cause they sound sweet. Reason enough. It's better than truck manifolds. (Those match the air flow demand at a steady state, in theory.)
So, what cylinders are you gonna pair in order to get the flat plane sound?
How are you gonna merge the tubes?
Stainless?
The 7K rpm on stock heads, with FLAT torque was a tough goal to hack.
So you want 180 headers 'cause they sound sweet. Reason enough. It's better than truck manifolds. (Those match the air flow demand at a steady state, in theory.)
So, what cylinders are you gonna pair in order to get the flat plane sound?
How are you gonna merge the tubes?
Stainless?
The 7K rpm on stock heads, with FLAT torque was a tough goal to hack.
8253
probably use a collector size around the primary size, maybe a bit bigger. 1 3/4-2"
4 into one obliviously and step up to a 2.25 or 2.5. duals.
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"Don't build what you can buy" means don't make a 6-speed manual transmission capable of handling 430 foot pounds if Tremec already makes one. Don't build a 430hp pushrod v8 from billet if you can buy a cast one from GM.
As for 180 headers, the original poster is on the right track by using the tube length from a good 1.75" header. He might want to step to 2" and then to the collector diameter of the mass produced header, probably 3". The rest is fitment and fabrication. The only other way to scavenge is to have normal headers X or Y together as close to the collectors as possible. Look at ARH C6 headers, and how they sound.
As for 180 headers, the original poster is on the right track by using the tube length from a good 1.75" header. He might want to step to 2" and then to the collector diameter of the mass produced header, probably 3". The rest is fitment and fabrication. The only other way to scavenge is to have normal headers X or Y together as close to the collectors as possible. Look at ARH C6 headers, and how they sound.
Where are you coming up with $4000 for some pre-bent exhaust pieces? All of the "cost" would be in the time/labor, but I for one don't factor that in since it is fabricating something i would enjoy doing.
OP I'm really anxious to see how you plan out the pipe routing.
OP I'm really anxious to see how you plan out the pipe routing.
I would like to lift the tunnel and merge everything above the bell housing if I stay with the 10 bolt out back(have a guy keeping an eye out for a c5 or c6 irs transaxle and torque tube in case I feel like getting really wild but that's not this topic...).
with no rear seats anymore, I'm lifting the floors and running the exhaust out the sides in front of the rear wheels(like an srt10 viper)
Maybe I could have, but I graduated with a Mechanical Engineering degree and have come across "engineers" that I would not hand them a hammer in fear they will put it through their own head. (Not saying MIKE1444 is one of them)
Some people have a lot of book/software smarts but can't apply it to the real world and their world ends when something doesn't work the way they think it should. Other engineers are a good blend of both real world and virtual situations. I like to think I am one of those.
I saw the comments in here as:
-OP wants to try something different and "outside the box" to fabricate
-Some come in here and tell him don't do it because some software said so and or you should buy something off the shelf.
The older I get the more I come to realize that being an "engineer" is based on fundamentals of problem solving utilizing technology and experience to find a solution. The engineering school helps you with understanding the WHY's of physics/dynamics but by no means is the end-all be-all answer. You need to make it in order to prove it.
Some people have a lot of book/software smarts but can't apply it to the real world and their world ends when something doesn't work the way they think it should. Other engineers are a good blend of both real world and virtual situations. I like to think I am one of those.
I saw the comments in here as:
-OP wants to try something different and "outside the box" to fabricate
-Some come in here and tell him don't do it because some software said so and or you should buy something off the shelf.
The older I get the more I come to realize that being an "engineer" is based on fundamentals of problem solving utilizing technology and experience to find a solution. The engineering school helps you with understanding the WHY's of physics/dynamics but by no means is the end-all be-all answer. You need to make it in order to prove it.
and yes pre-bent is the route I will end up going.
I'm a ways away from doing this so ive been mainly taking measurements and drawing up plans to do this. when the car is done, I'm assuming ill have $20k into the build without a doubt but I'm also trying to build something that NO ONE has and something that LOOKS, SOUNDS, and PERFORMS better than any bird ever did from the factory.
thanks everyone who supports the madness, everyone who is rolling their eyes at the build and wants to drop negative input and not helpful thoughts, troll somewhere else. you think I don't know I'm F*****G NUTS? Einstein was nuts but no one gives him **** now.
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If this is something you really want, we could all pen something out and you compare the results, along with what a shop quotes you.
That way, we learn from each other depending on who scaled what from where. You never know. If a shop says you need 8" long primaries and all of us end up with lengths between 28 and 36. What would you worry less about spending money on?
That way, we learn from each other depending on who scaled what from where. You never know. If a shop says you need 8" long primaries and all of us end up with lengths between 28 and 36. What would you worry less about spending money on?
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If this is something you really want, we could all pen something out and you compare the results, along with what a shop quotes you.
That way, we learn from each other depending on who scaled what from where. You never know. If a shop says you need 8" long primaries and all of us end up with lengths between 28 and 36. What would you worry less about spending money on?
That way, we learn from each other depending on who scaled what from where. You never know. If a shop says you need 8" long primaries and all of us end up with lengths between 28 and 36. What would you worry less about spending money on?
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when i had my lexus ISF i bought headers that were equal length, I guess the idea behind it was to match exhaust pressure pulses evenly. the engine space in isf's are minimal.
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The fact that almost everyone that has posted says you shouldn't should be enough...
But its your money, i guess.
The only reason I can imagine why you should build 180 degree headers...
I can't come up with a single good reason, other than as a exercise to say you did, or impress a couple guys on the internet.
You are talking about dumping $4,000 on an exhaust that might be worth 10 hp more than a couple hundred $ headers, and on top of that you are spending a ton of time hacking a car up to fit it...
Drop half of that money on a turbo and you can gain 300 to 700 hp, instead of 10 or 20.
Blow the other half on coke and hookers.
You'll end up with a faster car, better stories, and way more impressed guys on the internet
But its your money, i guess.
The only reason I can imagine why you should build 180 degree headers...
I can't come up with a single good reason, other than as a exercise to say you did, or impress a couple guys on the internet.
You are talking about dumping $4,000 on an exhaust that might be worth 10 hp more than a couple hundred $ headers, and on top of that you are spending a ton of time hacking a car up to fit it...
Drop half of that money on a turbo and you can gain 300 to 700 hp, instead of 10 or 20.
Blow the other half on coke and hookers.
You'll end up with a faster car, better stories, and way more impressed guys on the internet
I definitely saw something typed here that isn't null and void.
More info on the coke and hookers please.
#59
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ive gotten a bit of positive feed-back from a few individuals about this and my mind is made up, it is getting done and I will post pics with progress but the thread may be getting put into another direction first before I can continue on with this.
I'm currently on the lookout for a series of parts that play into this role greatly.
as that comes together you will start to see the progress pics leading into this.
for anyone interested in this when the build takes off, stay subscribed but this thread is going dormant for the time being.
anyone who has helped thank you.
to the others that are only subscribed so they can be an ******* or counter everything said, stay subscribed as well, you guys are amusing and i'll love to see what you have to say upon completion of my bastard project