Don't have headers on the dak. But I had full-length hookers on my 87
stang and had no problems in the winter. 2-smokes are a totally
different animal, they're extremely sensitive to any exhaust change.
Dr. Pat
----------
>From: Cale Henry Bargen <vencomatic@ameritech.net>
>To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>Subject: DML: Headers in General in the cold
>Date: Mon, Nov 8, 1999, 8:41 PM
>
> Hello all,
>
> Does anyone have experience with headers in the dead cold of winter?
> I've heard that they conduct heat away from the engine too quickly when
> it's cold out for the engine to run really well (I guess it messes up
> the scavenging characteristics, much in the way that a pipe on a
> 2-stroke must be up to temperature to work well. The sled-heads among
> us know what I'm talking about)
>
> Thanks,
> Cale
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Fri Jun 20 2003 - 12:19:09 EDT