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charliemccraney (5/5/2011)
Might that sort of sizing difference benefit the street headers?

Charlie.  You’re on the right track with that train of thought.  What I’m finding is that the collector size itself as a general rule likes to merge down significantly and then expand back out to a larger size.  For the dyno mule, the collector being necked down to 2.5” or thereabouts while the extension behind is larger.  That larger section acts as an expansion chamber and helps to dampen some of the reverse pulsing that is trying to take place.  Then using larger pipes behind this must be used to insure that the flow to the end of the exhaust is not being inhibited.  This has been supported by the fact that the better test values always come about with the larger sized pipes being used.

 

There are some real opportunities to be had in using high flow mufflers also.  Many of the chambered mufflers that have been used thus far in the testing have been a detriment to overall performance.  At this point, I suspect that the EMC headers could stand some additional downsizing on the merge collector.  Right now it’s at 3” and at the time of testing on the EMC Y engine, that was the smallest merge collector on hand.  In fact, Geoff Mummert supplied the one that’s in the headers now.  I’ll also add that Jerry Christenson and Royce Brechler provided the original EMC headers which have only since been modified in the collector area.

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Might that sort of sizing difference benefit the street headers?


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pegleg (4/16/2011)
Now THAT'S interesting! the mufflers did just exactly the opposite of what my intuition would have expected. More top end HP (TQ) and lower readings in the midrange. Splain that Lucy.w00t
Frank.  Those are the headers designed for the EMC competition and these actually work best with the mufflers in place.  Part of this has to do with the muffler inlet/outlets being larger than the actual collector size.  There is a 3” merge collector inside the 3½” header collector and the muffler sizing is 3½”.  This particular header and muffler combination ends up being a very nicely tuned exhaust system for the dyno and has thus far worked very well on a multitude of different Y combinations.

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Gary R. (site member) had very recently shipped to me the latest Reds header offering for the ‘55/56 car chassis.  This new header is a four tube header design feeding into a very short 2½” collector.  Overall it’s still a shorty header but fares much better than the older two tube version that was tested.  Scoring is still calculated starting at 2300 rpms and ending at 5500 rpms.  I’ll add that this is also the best scoring chassis header that is designed to fit into the mid-fifties Ford cars.  All the other headers that outscored this particular set are either race car or dyno specific.  Here are the detailed results for this particular header. 

 

Reds 55/56 car 4 Tube 1.625” headers

Score

Peak

HP

Peak

TQ

Avg

HP

Avg

TQ

Mufflers

2” pipes 68” long w/mufflers

1690

287

338

231

313

Yes

2” pipes 66” long w/ no muffs

1730

290

344

236

321

No

2” pipes 24” long w/ no muffs

1726

303

344

237

319

No

 

2½” pipes 75” long w/mufflers

1729

292

345

237

320

Yes

2½” pipes 75” long w/ no muffs

1753

295

347

240

325

No

2½” pipes 28” long w/ no muffs

1746

307

349

240

322

No

2½” pipes 20” long w/ no muffs

1740

309

343

239

321

No

2½” pipes 12” long w/ no muffs

1721

304

332

236

318

No

 

 

And here is the revised chart showing the ‘best’ score for each exhaust system tested thus far. Keep in mind that the best score does not necessarily produce the best peak horsepower or peak torque values.

Description.

Score

Peak

HP

Peak

TQ

Avg

HP

Avg

TQ

Mufflers

Testing configs

Single exhaust with crossover pipe

1484

239

303

202

276

NO

2

1955/56 Dual Exhaust manifolds

1629

274

327

223

301

NO

4

Reds/Hedman two tube headers

1635

278

327

224

302

NO

3

1957 Dual Exhaust manifolds

1650

279

330

226

305

NO

4

Fenton cast iron manifolds

1663

282

332

228

308

NO

2

Tri-Y stepped shorty Tbird headers non-firing order specific - GB

1675

294

332

230

309

NO

4

Ram Horns w/2”into 2¼” pipes

1683

283

337

230

312

NO

2

Shorty 1.625” w/box collectors - DC

1693

284

336

231

314

NO

1

JC 4 tube car chassis shorty headers

1739

296

347

238

322

NO

6

Tri-Y pickup headers firing order specific-CC

1739

297

347

238

322

NO

5

Sanderson 1½” T-Bird headers w/2½” pipes

1751

297

350

240

324

NO

11

Sanderson 1½” Pickup headers w/2½” pipes

1751

300

350

240

324

NO

5

Reds 1.625” 4 tube hdrs for 55/56 car

1753

295

347

240

325

NO

8

Fenderwell headers 1.75” tubes - MW

1768

306

344

242

327

NO

5

Fenderwell headers 1.625” tubes

1769

308

346

243

327

NO

5

KC 4 tube Maxton Mile 1 5/8” headers

1775

310

351

244

328

NO

4

Rdstr 4 tube 1.75” gattling collector hdr

1778

309

355

244

329

NO

2

EMC headers 1.75”/1.875” stepped

1780

310

349

244

329

YES

4

FPA T-Bird hdrs 1.625”/1/75” stepped

1780

311

342

244

329

NO

13

 

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Now THAT'S interesting! the mufflers did just exactly the opposite of what my intuition would have expected. More top end HP (TQ) and lower readings in the midrange. Splain that Lucy.w00t

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ScottY (4/10/2011)
......I would assume too though, that all these headers had the square port flanges still wouldn't they, and if so, surely none would have been large enuff to uncover/restrict, the ports?

The fenderwell headers were the only set of headers of the three sets used in the round port head test that actually had round ports at the header flanges.  The round ported heads themselves were actually ported back in their day to match up to this particular set of headers.  The EMC and Sanderson headers have rectangular ports that were actually smaller than the ports at the heads and as a result, both sets had some flow obstructions taking place as a result of the mismatch at the heads.  But to look at the torque graph, the EMC headers outshined the other two sets of headers in the lower rpm band regardless of the port mismatch.

 

But as usual, there’s much more happening here than just a head to header flange port mismatch. The large dip in torque seen with the fenderwell headers has since been attributed to the collector size on that particular set of headers as being way too large.  Had this been recognized at the time of the round port head test, the fenderwell headers would have performed much better with downsized collectors.

 

Since doing that particular cylinder head test, the fenderwell headers have been tested again with a different set of heads on the engine but also with collector extensions that brought the collector sizes down from 4” to 3”.  With that change, much of the pronounced dip that was evident with the 4” collectors was removed from the lower rpm band of the curve.  Here’s the torque graph where the round ported fenderwell headers were tested on the mildly ported G heads that have rectangular exhaust ports.

 

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Thanks again Ted,

                    Reasonably impressive wouldn't you say Though well up there in rev range, and I would assume to though, that all these headers had the square port flanges still wouldn't they, and if so, surely none would have been large enuff to uncover/restrict, the ports?

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ScottY (4/7/2011)
........ Also, how did those heads ported to round exhausts perform on your tests? I had a bit of a search for it but didn't find it. As Aussie Bill said he had done that back in the day, so to had an Uncle of mine, though not on a Y-Block.
That particular pair of heads with the round exhaust ports exhibited middle of the road performance gains when tested against other heads with conventional exhaust ports.  Here's the graphs showing how that particular set of heads did with three different sets of headers.

   

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Ted has hit the nail on the head as to port match. The whole anti reversion theory is simply a band aid for a screwed up header to start with. How much time and money do you spend to blueprint the intake to head? The same should apply to exhaust port. It's even more critical as the exhaust pulses are traveling way faster. This week I'm building a set of headers on a 632ci drag car. The customer supplied the flanges with a 2.5" round port. The port is actually happy with a 2" tube. I spent a lot of time sleaving it down to 2". The collector is 2 3/8". The 2" at the port cones out to 2 1/4".

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Hi There Again Ted,

                    Thanks very much for your extra time in rehashing my question. that is much appreciated I assure you. Your answer is pretty much along the lines i had in mind also, but couldn't quite  rationalise it to myself. so again, thanks. Also, how did those heads ported to round exhausts perform on your tests? I had a bit of a search for it but didn't find it. As Aussie Bill said he had done that back in the day, so to had an Uncle of mine, though not on a Y-Block.

                    Hope all is well with you n yours, and another congrats on the EMC Project, fantastic result!

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