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Reply to "180 degree headers"

The american V8 uses a "cross plane" crankshaft and each bank of cylinders has an uneven firing order, it creates the V8 burble we all love.

F1 cars, Ferraris, etc have a "flat plane" crankshaft, and each bank of cylinders have an even firing order, it creates that smooth "scream" or "wine" you hear from these motors.

Bundle of snakes headers are designed to combine the proper cylinders to give each half of the exhaust system an even firing order. Properly done this is good for 30+ bhp at high rpm. It also gives the exhaust more of a wine like a Ferrari. Some bundle of snakes are more successful at this than others, I don't know why this is. Dennis' exhaust does this about as well as I have heard. When he gets on the gas, his exhaust has that F1 wine, it sounds BITCHEN.

I keep a picture of Dennis' motor next to my bed, the sexiest motor I know of.
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