What happens to stainless steel in Turbo headers?
What happens to stainless steel in Turbo headers?
At these temperatures, regular austenitic stainless steel grades such as 304 experience carbide precipitation and the resultant inter-granular corrosion (Figure 1 – SEM Photo of Intergranular Corrosion) can lead to header tube failures.
Which is the best type of Turbo header?
Our Stainless steel modular turbo headers set the industry standard for quality. For years serious racers have known Stainless Headers Mfg., Inc. provides the finest American crafted header components available. Now these ultimate header components are available in a complete bolt-on turbo header assembly.
What kind of headers do gpheaders Turbo manifolds use?
Our Turbo Headers are constructed from an American made 304 Stainless Steel and are fully purge TIG welded with 3/8” thick header flanges on our off the shelf headers. We incorporate Double Slip Merge collectors on higher HP & extreme abuse applications ( See LS Twin Turbo Sandrail image ) to help reduce thermal stress which causes header failure.
What does the 180 degree bend in a turbo header mean?
The tubes exit the ports and make a near 90 degree turn down, followed by a 180 degree bend up towards the collector. The 180 degree bend “free-floats”, that is as the length of the tube expands when heated, the 180 bend can move down, unconstrained, alleviating thermal stress.
At these temperatures, regular austenitic stainless steel grades such as 304 experience carbide precipitation and the resultant inter-granular corrosion (Figure 1 – SEM Photo of Intergranular Corrosion) can lead to header tube failures.
Our Turbo Headers are constructed from an American made 304 Stainless Steel and are fully purge TIG welded with 3/8” thick header flanges on our off the shelf headers. We incorporate Double Slip Merge collectors on higher HP & extreme abuse applications ( See LS Twin Turbo Sandrail image ) to help reduce thermal stress which causes header failure.
Our Stainless steel modular turbo headers set the industry standard for quality. For years serious racers have known Stainless Headers Mfg., Inc. provides the finest American crafted header components available. Now these ultimate header components are available in a complete bolt-on turbo header assembly.
How big is a hooker header tube diameter?
Hooker headers are produced in multiple tube diameter ranges known to be effective and popular for the intended engine/vehicle application. For stock to mild performance engines intstalled in a truck or heavy vehicle, choose a header tube diameter on the smaller end of the available offerings.
