Pics of crazy old headers?

Just looking for some ideas to make something different....

 

i dont konw abot old.but heres a few for you.

 

someone needs to post bob bleeds roadster's headers.

 

Everytime he starts it up I do a double take. It rules.

 

The purpose of headers on OLD cars was to get the exhaust gasses out in an efficient manner, not to become a sideshow event at a carnival.

 

True... but the pipes are the apostrophe' of the biscuit...!

So I loose some horsepower and some torque... I've received more compliments on my headers than I have on 190 other cars I've owned and Since I'm not professionaly racing the car... it doesn't matter...!



I had Pro racers get a kick out of the looks and sound and I've overheard a couple describing the pipes to a couple of lovers intertwined in an embrace and it will always be a topic of artistic expression... somewhat like the header design used on the old drag car "High and Mighty"...!

 

My feelings, exactly. In my book, straight pipes, zoomies, and the like, scream RATROD!

 

So are these zoomies, or straight pipes?

 

It's kinda like a Harley for me. The right pipes make it or break it. I'm a less is more kinda guy. I can dig zoomies or straight pipes if the rest of the car flows with it. I love lake headers. They are simple and to the point, and look great. Fenderwell headers on an open front end not so much for me. Take the Calori roadster. I dont like those pipes at all. Doesnt flow. I really dig eveything else.

 

Barris with his Rick Shaw definately looks like the pipes became a side show;

 

At least zoomies make logical sense. The bucket of worms approach (See Barris picture above) just looks silly to me. I don't want people thinking my car looks silly.

 

Some headers scream quick & dirty and some don't....

 

snakes

 

Kev, I'll bet that was a noisy SOB.

Megs really change the exhaust note.

I put a reverse cone megaphone on my 500cc BSA Gold Star, sounded great with or without the baffle.
Sounded best when it ran open without the reversing cone in the rear.

 

That's got to be coolest, a hemi with eight megaphones.

Simple has to be best, I guess eight straight pipes is probably where it's at,
Anyone got any thoughts on how long they should be ?
I usually go for at least a metre and a half on an un-blown motor,
I am sure I found a formula in an old book once that explained how you work it out,
I may find the book later.

But in the mean time how about another Hemi, this one blown and driving a side-winder trike;