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Old Jan 31, 2010 | 09:19 AM
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Default anyone running 1 7/8" primary headers?

turbo, supercharger or N/A applications? what power are you making?
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Old Jan 31, 2010 | 11:31 AM
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First off, you get the size primaries you need.
Stock to mild build = 1 5/8
Medium to high HP = 1 3/4
Gone nuts = 1 7/8 or bigger

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Old Jan 31, 2010 | 12:22 PM
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Originally Posted by 1996man
turbo, supercharger or N/A applications? what power are you making?
1 7/8 2" step headers on my truck

620 N/A
Supercharged don't know yet
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Old Jan 31, 2010 | 04:09 PM
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Originally Posted by surfer92
First off, you get the size primaries you need.
Stock to mild build = 1 5/8
Medium to high HP = 1 3/4
Gone nuts = 1 7/8 or bigger

Search function is your friend!!
Gone nuts Here I run a 2" primary and have 650 RWHP NA.
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Old Feb 1, 2010 | 12:45 AM
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I have 2" primaries with 3.5" collectors. It picked up a tenth. But I also run a 200 shot on a 450 ci engine.
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I run 1 7/8 Stahl paid $1500 bucks for .I dynoed 726 hp at the motor and I run a 300 shot of nitrous.They screwed up on #3 header tube and I have to remove the header to replace the plug.I would go as big a header as you can .Real racers know why.
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