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Sorry to ask a stupid question, but i can't find what headers do for the car and how they help output horsepower.. Also, will they void factory warrenty if it is put on the car.. Would the Cold Air Intake void factory warrenty? And also could i put Headers and Air intake on my car?
(sorry to ask these questions, but i am really new to this whole upgrade your far thing, and i really need help.. thanks in advance..)
(sorry to ask these questions, but i am really new to this whole upgrade your far thing, and i really need help.. thanks in advance..)
Burning Brakes
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I'm tired so I'll just give a half-ass explaination on headers:
Headers make your car breathe more easily. Just like trying to run a marathon breathing through a straw, you won't perform as well as when you can breathe easily. And so it is with cars. Headers specificaly let the engine "exhale" its exhaust in a less restricted fashion. (An upgraded performance intake system is for "breathing in" but that's a whole different story in more ways than one.)
When you buy headers, they replace the stock exhaust manifold. Aside from being manufactured to more strict and performance-minded measures (pipes are bent using 'mandrel' geometry that allows greater airflow, for example), the big difference B/T heraders and a stock manifold is that the pipes are tuned and also all the same length.
The TL, for example, is a 6 cylynder car and thus has 6 holes where the exhaust must exit the engine. With a stock manifold, some of those pipes are different lengths, which allows for cheaper and easier manufacturing. It also creates competing and negating resonances, which makes the car run a little more quietly. Headers, on the other hand, have pipes that are all the same length. This allows the escaping gasses to pulse in a more harmonius fashion and therefore to interfere less with each other's escape route. Ever notice when 2 people are singing harmony but slightly out of tune? The disturbing sound is the 'beats' where the sound vibrations double up on each other. Same for exhaust gasses, more or less.
So, headers let your car sing a 6 cylinder chorus right on tune and in harmony, so to speak, which your engine likes. The resultant sound is personally music to my ears, and I can't wait to get 'em!
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'01 White Diamond Pearl 3.2TL
-Wing, tint, burlwood shift, Whistler 6-band
'88 White RX-7 Convertible
-Permanent tinitus courtesy of Rockford-Fosgate
Headers make your car breathe more easily. Just like trying to run a marathon breathing through a straw, you won't perform as well as when you can breathe easily. And so it is with cars. Headers specificaly let the engine "exhale" its exhaust in a less restricted fashion. (An upgraded performance intake system is for "breathing in" but that's a whole different story in more ways than one.)
When you buy headers, they replace the stock exhaust manifold. Aside from being manufactured to more strict and performance-minded measures (pipes are bent using 'mandrel' geometry that allows greater airflow, for example), the big difference B/T heraders and a stock manifold is that the pipes are tuned and also all the same length.
The TL, for example, is a 6 cylynder car and thus has 6 holes where the exhaust must exit the engine. With a stock manifold, some of those pipes are different lengths, which allows for cheaper and easier manufacturing. It also creates competing and negating resonances, which makes the car run a little more quietly. Headers, on the other hand, have pipes that are all the same length. This allows the escaping gasses to pulse in a more harmonius fashion and therefore to interfere less with each other's escape route. Ever notice when 2 people are singing harmony but slightly out of tune? The disturbing sound is the 'beats' where the sound vibrations double up on each other. Same for exhaust gasses, more or less.
So, headers let your car sing a 6 cylinder chorus right on tune and in harmony, so to speak, which your engine likes. The resultant sound is personally music to my ears, and I can't wait to get 'em!
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'01 White Diamond Pearl 3.2TL
-Wing, tint, burlwood shift, Whistler 6-band
'88 White RX-7 Convertible
-Permanent tinitus courtesy of Rockford-Fosgate
Intermediate
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Gomez, thats got to be the best explaination I have ever seen. Thanks
My 2 cents - headers make you go fast!
Since getting my headers in the fall the car is louder with a deeper sound. I also have a cold air intake and Mugen exhaust so its difficult for me to say were all the sound is coming from. My car definately has a growl but nothing that anyone would object to.
My 2 cents - headers make you go fast!
Since getting my headers in the fall the car is louder with a deeper sound. I also have a cold air intake and Mugen exhaust so its difficult for me to say were all the sound is coming from. My car definately has a growl but nothing that anyone would object to.
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I agree,
good reply post GOMEZ!!!!!!!!!! good job..
I'm getting mines installed as we speak(type)!!!! can't wait...
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tann@808-'00 TL
non-Navi(Doesn't work in Hawaii)
Factory body kit & Wing, 19" Racing Hart C-5's,
Nitto 555's, CompTech Springs, CompTech Exhaust,
CompTech Headers, Inspire Taillights,
AEM CAI, Alpine 8080, TL rear door handles in front,
5% + 30% tints,30% front windshield.
tann@pixi.com
good reply post GOMEZ!!!!!!!!!! good job..
I'm getting mines installed as we speak(type)!!!! can't wait...
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tann@808-'00 TL
non-Navi(Doesn't work in Hawaii)
Factory body kit & Wing, 19" Racing Hart C-5's,
Nitto 555's, CompTech Springs, CompTech Exhaust,
CompTech Headers, Inspire Taillights,
AEM CAI, Alpine 8080, TL rear door handles in front,
5% + 30% tints,30% front windshield.
tann@pixi.com
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