Corvette with 180 Degree Headers

[SyHopeful]

Audio's okay but the video quality makes me expect Bob Saget to make some corny voiceover joke.

[stangredemption]

@SyHopeful You gotta admit, for recording with a security camera, it does have nice sound

[islandfd3s]

Sounds frickin awesome.

[LoZioFBV]

Sounds charming, even though it has lost its typical yankee touch.

Very interesting video :)

[VDZRIDER]

Sounds beautiful! Almost like an old F1 style flat plane v8

[RC000E]

Could you detail what exhaust system the car has aside from the headers? Piping size, etc? I'm going to build a custom setup on my LT1 car.

[curancho]

I have a corvette 2000 c5 and since I heard this vette i want to know how can I install those 180 degree headers they sound incredible , I 've heard vettes with headers before but none of them sound as good as this one , this sound is similar to the alfa romeo cometizione sound v8

[bww1972]

That sounds hot.

[headgasket13]

Beautiful sounds! Please post more, with higher audio quality, if possible.  Lots of engine sound junkies need this! ;D

[travelbytommy]

I would love to see a pic of those. I know on my Z06 the engine compartment is crampped to say the least.

[XR4turbo]

No transmission at the front helps things.

[travelbytommy]

ya I like having the transmission in the rear because you don't see that much. I am currently in the design stages of building a 55 chevy convertible and I want to do an LS7, but I also want an IRS with the transaxle T56 (or possibly the TR-6060) to continue the corvette theme in the car.

[usafdarkhorse]

I wouldn't do that in a parking lot lol. Too many cars to smash into.

[zmds17]

ide like to get a set of these made for my stang.... how much would they run for hypathecically?

[RyTrapp0]

since they would have to be custom made, you can already assume $700+ for a typical set of headers. then consider that 180s require a bit more tube and a LOT more work, and they will end up pretty damn expensive. probably a couple grand.

[0neTurbo]

theres a company that makes them. ss somthing rather.

they have them for pontiac and ford as well as chevy.

Pretty amazing how much work goes into 1 pair.

[Wopadas]

I know of a place that has them for $290- just under 400. Send me a message if you want a link

[chipareu]

that cam is aftermarket. you wouldn't hear a stock one thru the exhaust like that.

[red83944]

what kind of cam, stock or aftermarket?

[isphius]

ferrari always uses 180 degree exhausts. the v12 helps too

[superhornet59]

sorry friend but you're mistaken there, Ferraris don't have 180 degree exhausts, but the exhaust pulses are still 180 degrees apart. This isn't because of the exhaust, but because of the flat plane crankshafts found in their engines.

It does sound almost identical though, and I agree that v12's are a miracle of sound.

[vouspouvez]

Oo!! well thats cool. I knew it had something to do with 180 degrees. I love the way v12s sound too. esp the 60s and 70s ferraris, the ones that still had carbs

[r4360]

Your exhaust pulses are a 180° degrees apart on each cylinder bank, per revolution, it still has 4 power pulses that are (90°)apart per revolution, between the two banks, so if you have a 8 into one collecter it will get rid of the double four cylinder sound

[1991jdmintegra]

i may sound stupid here but wats the diffrence between 180 degree headers and regular?

[zmds17]

It works similar to a x or h pipe creating a vacuum matching the cylinders that are 180 degree firing order so when one cylinder in on its intake strock and one is on it exhaust stroke it creates a vacuum sucking out the exhaust gasses from the other cylinder.... x pipes and h pipes dont match up all the cylinders though so they dont work quite as well

[travelbytommy]

another, different example, would be how Ferrari implements the concept with their F355, 360, and F430 models. All have a V8, but rather than use 180 degree headers they use a 180 degree crankshaft or "flat crank" as it is often called to achive the same effect, basically turning the engine into 2 inline 4 engines mated at a common crankshaft and then with normal headers all the cylinders on one side fire 180 degrees apart. Much more vibration and stuff with that method though.

[travelbytommy]

It has to do with how the pipes from each cylinder are mated together with the other pipes. V8 headers typically flow 4 into 1, but you are unable to mate cylinders together that are opposite each other to minimize pressure. With 180 degree headers, certain cylinders pipes swap sides so that each collector has a pipe that fires every 180 degrees thereby minimizing exhaust pressure. One good example is on a Ford GT with the "bundle of snakes" exhaust is an easy way to visualize the difference.

[formulized94]

I would like to hear this setup with a mild to bumpy cam

[uberowns]

That's cool...

[alfex68]

I want to know who manufactured the headers...they sound a bit like Corsa

[Wopadas]

ATI made them.

[alfex68]

Thanks man

[red83944]

that sounds amazing its higher pitched than normal ls1's but its still smooth when u let off of it. would love to hear it going down the road.

[DankSi]

Almost ferrari-esque.

[Ergock]

wierd, diffirent, but smooth and nice sounding

[aaron9696024]

awsome i love 180s that thing sounds mean, violent but smooth.

[ozyran]

Wow, sounds very clean and balanced. Has a smooth sound to it, unlike some of the rougher-sounding exhaust systems I've heard of late. Hopefully, they build more systems like this for other applications as well.

[Hawkswish]

How bitchin is that?

Way cool! keep up the awsome fab.