Headers pros vs cons
A single 3" would be ok with Mandrel bends. It will not leave you much room to grow however. Only supports about 339hp. You have 300hp from the factory. Heres a link http://www.exhaustvideos.com/faq/how...pipe-diameter/
Originally Posted by Blown Ford
A single 3" would be ok with Mandrel bends. It will not leave you much room to grow however. Only supports about 339hp. You have 300hp from the factory. Heres a link http://www.exhaustvideos.com/faq/how...pipe-diameter/
Oh ok. Well becareful with that. As you will read in the link and other articles you can rob yourself of power and torque by running to large a pipe. With exhaust you will find it's better to be a tad small then a tad big. You put to large a pipe on and she will fall on her face. I'm making right at 500rwhp and 650+ hp at the flywheel running 2.5" duals. I really need to up to 2.75" or 3". All things in due time.
Originally Posted by Blown Ford
Oh ok. Well becareful with that. As you will read in the link and other articles you can rob yourself of power and torque by running to large a pipe. With exhaust you will find it's better to be a tad small then a tad big. You put to large a pipe on and she will fall on her face. I'm making right at 500rwhp and 650+ hp at the flywheel running 2.5" duals. I really need to up to 2.75" or 3". All things in due time.
Using the chart from the link you can really appreciate the flow differences when doubling a pipes size. A 1.5" pipe has a flow area of 1.48 or 171cfm's while a 3" pipe has a flow area of 6.49 or 747cfm's. Doubling the size of the pipe more than quadrupled the flow area and the cfm flow rate.
A single 3" would be ok with Mandrel bends. It will not leave you much room to grow however. Only supports about 339hp. You have 300hp from the factory. Heres a link http://www.exhaustvideos.com/faq/how...pipe-diameter/









