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Absolutely. The car's behavior has changed massively and the 4-1 header really rewards winding the motor to redline. Some may want more torque down low but I love the high-revving nature of the FA20 so the 4-1 EL is perfect for my driving style.
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It's a beautiful torque curve. A very peppy one.
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el 4-1 still give more peak power and in generally they make the car come alive brutally after you pass 5.5k rpm
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I'm still under impression that even on track midrange & total area under curve is more important for actual goal, to accelerate/drive faster, then higher peak number. Not just peak hp for very very narrow rpm range powerband you spend second in before upshifting. Hence good longtube 4-2-1 headers like that of Ace/JDL/Nameless seem preferable choice to 4-1 .. that actually also can be as effective theoretically, if they had similar long runners to optimize scavenging at mid-rpms, but in reality are not, due packaging reasons. It was hard to get long runners in 4-2-1 design like for Ace/Nameless .. now imagine to try to get 4 tubes as long as in those 4-2-1 .. pack not just 2 but 4 tubes before engine or where overpipe goes. Hence due limited clearance 4-1 is destined to be with short tubes, which means - optimized for very highest rpm range only, and imho that is relatively rare/specific usage case (eg. built NA engine with fixed oiling limitations and running with much higher redline) where it might be beneficial over midrange or overall gains across. Even on track. Even though it's not fault of 4-1 design itself, but simply that there is no space for long enough tubes of doubled count.
Of course in hypothetical ideal world we would have as much space under bonnet as more then half a century ago to alleviate clearance/design limitations and variable adjustable (or multipath selectable) intake and exhaust tube lengths for always to be at most optimal length (IIRC like it was done in some supercars). But otherwise it's not 4-2-1 vs 4-1, but "longtube 4-2-1" vs "short tube 4-1". Last edited by churchx; 05-19-2020 at 08:31 PM. |
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JDL 4-2-1 isn’t a long tube header.
Nameless still has short 4-2 runners, it has long 2-1 runners before the merge for great mid range. But needs longer 4-2 runners for top end. ACE has long 4-2 runners, the 4-2 runner length before the merge is as long or longer than the 4-1 EL runners. Allowing for good top end and then has the scavenging and efficiency of the 2-1 step down for mid range giving you best of both worlds. The later can be adjusted by the OP design 150/250/350 allowing more mid range or more top end by adjusting those lengths. But even the 350 has good top end because of the 4-2 length and the 150 has decent mid range because of the 4-2-1 design. In my personal opinion the ace 250 is the perfect no compromise header. |
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solidONE: imho fuel economy is not worth splitting hairs about. Technically similar energy should be spent to get upto speed, be it done slower with granny shifting (but for longer period), or faster (but for shorter period and then driving longer with more efficient higher gear). Of course less pumping and drivetrain frictional losses at higher gears at lesser engine rpms may save a bit .. but also will reduce acceleration rate/wheel torque due gearing. Simpler to just not think of fuel economy and have fun driving instead of sedate ecomiling. People pay for comfort, why not pay slight premium for fun. Same reason why i fill with 98 petrol even while manual states that cheaper 95 is ok, and why often from traffic lights shift 1-2-5 or 1-2-6 .
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