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Old 10-11-2017, 03:09 PM
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Originally Posted by luzl78 View Post
How much do you think headers add over manifolds? Eric is gonna build my 402 for me and I am going back and forth. It's in my Monte Carlo.
When I built Donnie Cornelis' `69 L78 it made 462 HP and 439 lb.ft through headers (which were too big for that engine but were all I could get my hands on in time to test with) and ~430 HP and 411 lb.ft through the manifolds. However, the peaks don't tell the whole story. The engine lost 60+ lb.ft down low with the manifolds in place, and that you will definitely notice.
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