Do headers make a diff on turbo systems?
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Do headers make a diff on turbo systems?
I got some projects out of the way, time to think about putting in a turbo system. The question is about investing in headers. Headers help extract gasses of course, but if the gasses just run into a restrictive turbo do the headers really do anything or would a straight log do just the same?
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Originally Posted by Hotred94
I got some projects out of the way, time to think about putting in a turbo system. The question is about investing in headers. Headers help extract gasses of course, but if the gasses just run into a restrictive turbo do the headers really do anything or would a straight log do just the same?
Horespower difference? maybe a couple percent worth Im guessing? hard to say due to the heat differences. From what I can tell, proper turbo selection will make up for it. If you can achieve crossover (more boost than turbine inlet pressure) with a log your "scavenging" the cylinders by a few Psi anyway.
Get Maximum Boost. Read it, then make a desicion on going turbo, how many of them, and how your going to engineer your system. That's the fun part, working out the bugs after it's built is where the frustraction begins. lol
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Thanks for the info. I'm just beginning to look at turbos and I don't know much about them. I'm considering whether to go with a front mount or a rear mount right now. I also don't know if the computer can be programed for timing (no chips, I have a 94). I have a T04B turbo already but I don't know if the two turbo housings are appropriately sized. The intake side says AR 60 and the exhaust side says 1.32. Does that sound appropriate?
