Originally posted by jschmid
I agree with you that taking off the shield isn't a great idea, but this made me laugh: "and that heat that gets dissapated in your engine bay doesn't leave with the exhaust like it is intended, this slows down the velocity of your exhaust gasses"
huh?
Yeah, heat in your engine bay isn't good, but how does it slow exhaust gases???
it's simple physics dude. if the exhaust gasses cool because the heat is transferred elsewhere, then the exhaust gas molecules slow down, which means exhaust velocity slows down.
ok, so i was wrong. the stock piping is a manifold. it even says so in your helms manual. so why show your ignorance by calling it a header? my point is that if the terms were interchangable, and it was a matter of symantics, why do people buy
headers to increase their performance? why are they marketed as
headers and not manifolds? simple, because the terms are not interchangable.
if you though my comments were rude then they must've hit home in some way. probably because the truth hurts? they weren't directed at you, but if the shoe fits... wear it.