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Old Jun 11, 2009 | 10:42 PM
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http://www.honda-tech.com/showthread.php?t=2583108

So i was on honda-tech seeing what was up and I saw that a ford focus owner posted a square tubed header. anyone ever see anything like this before ? Curious as I don't know if it would mess up the flow.
Old Jun 11, 2009 | 10:47 PM
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wow, lol

looks interesting
Old Jun 11, 2009 | 10:54 PM
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Looks odd.
Old Jun 11, 2009 | 11:16 PM
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Headers have been around and progressively engineered for decades... if the physics of air flow dynamics were such that square was better than round, then that's what everybody would produce. End of story.
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I love your post of the opposite of what someone else posted with the pic.
Old Jun 12, 2009 | 01:03 AM
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^ thanks. I like going on their site and checking out their fab/ welding part of the site. good info in their.
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it may be ugly, but I think it's kinda cool.

makes my mind wander to what else is possible for a header
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they claim power over tube but I am not sure how it is possible. I wonder how it will last over time,
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I guess just more airflow. and that SRT or whatever one just looked really mangled and restrictive
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It just seems like it would lead to uneven airflow.
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Originally Posted by burstaneurysm
It just seems like it would lead to uneven airflow.
That was my thought
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