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Originally Posted by extrashaky
Maybe it would help you to see some diagrams of how this is put together. These are from the factory service manual.
As for the header, you have a number of choices there also. There are two major types of headers available, equal-length (EL) and unequal-length (UEL). The type you choose will depend on what you want the car to do and how you want it to sound. UEL headers are designed for torque, whereas EL headers are designed for flow. General consensus is that the UEL headers retain the boxer rumble, while EL headers can make the exhaust sound like loud farts. On the other hand, EL headers are required with some forced induction setups because the matched flow from each exhaust port is necessary to make them work.
You will probably want to read it and check out what all is available before dropping the money on exhaust upgrades. For that matter, you'll probably want to get the car and drive it for a while stock to get a feel for it before making changes.
Hope that helps. |
Wow, Yes that does help a lot! Thanks a lot man i really appreciate the post. Seeing the pictures of it really does help in understanding it a little more. I put in bold what you said about some forced induction setups because I am really looking into the ESC setup that was linked here, but i like the idea of a UEL header better. I know that ESC doesn't create as much of a boost as a full blown turbo system or supercharger would produce so i'm wondering if I would still be able to get the UEL header. Thanks a lot guys
