elliotaw
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I've been making up some stainless headers for the past few weeks. It's been a bit of a 'make it up as you go' kind of effort mainly due to my lack of experience, and the small amount of room left in my Ford Capri's engine bay. I've been closely watching the headers being built on here by cjsupra90 because it's pretty close to what I've been wanting to do. I've been hassling him for email help over the past weeks and he's really helped point my in the right direction with a few things. So thanks again for that mate.
Anyway, I too wanted to attempt to do a try Y design and make my own collectors. The head have been ported to 1.5" dia on my engine so my primaries are sized to match.
Heres my first attempt at a collector.
http://www.capripower.co.uk/board/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=1648
http://www.capripower.co.uk/board/uploads/monthly_10_2008/post-44-1223541584_thumb.jpg
it was made up from a 180 degree bend which I marked out and cut with an angle grinder, then filed the mating faces as flat as I could (until I got bored).
http://www.capripower.co.uk/board/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=1650
http://www.capripower.co.uk/board/uploads/monthly_10_2008/post-44-1223541598_thumb.jpg
The outlet end has been made from a round transitional cone which I beat with a pair of hammers until the inlet end was oval to match the paired inlets.
This was my very first one. I made up 6 altogether and they got better and better each time, so appologies for the roughness.
Elliot
Anyway, I too wanted to attempt to do a try Y design and make my own collectors. The head have been ported to 1.5" dia on my engine so my primaries are sized to match.
Heres my first attempt at a collector.
http://www.capripower.co.uk/board/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=1648
http://www.capripower.co.uk/board/uploads/monthly_10_2008/post-44-1223541584_thumb.jpg
it was made up from a 180 degree bend which I marked out and cut with an angle grinder, then filed the mating faces as flat as I could (until I got bored).
http://www.capripower.co.uk/board/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=1650
http://www.capripower.co.uk/board/uploads/monthly_10_2008/post-44-1223541598_thumb.jpg
The outlet end has been made from a round transitional cone which I beat with a pair of hammers until the inlet end was oval to match the paired inlets.
This was my very first one. I made up 6 altogether and they got better and better each time, so appologies for the roughness.
Elliot