tti or schumacher headers ? opinions plzz

hangn0ut said

First off,I know shu's got a lot of fans. But when I first got a good look at em,I'am thinking "what the hell!" Tri-y's made purely to get the gas out. Come on now,1 and 7,2 and 8 paired up after a long primary tubes.3 and 5,4 and 6 paired up almost at the port. And all pairs firing 180° apart. Thats like having a manifold thats a tunnel ram for 4 cylinders and a low rising duel plane for the other four. Why? It just upsets my sensibilities. I'am done. LOL.

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Unequal length headers are still usually better flowing than factory cast iron. You don't get the scavenging advantage that you get with long equal tube headers, but they are a good compromise.

With that said, every big block A-body I have built used B-body HP manifolds with modified TTI head pipes (they claim they will not come close to fitting, but they are wrong. I would really like them to sell me unwelded head pipes). There are things that much be done to fit manifolds on an RB, they fit better with a B block. BUT, by the time you pay the going rate for manifolds and head pipes you're getting close enough to the price of headers to make them a consideration...