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vintage racecar question

Can anyone tell me what the point is for having the uneven stacks like you seem primarily on vintage racers?


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so no stack is shortchanged of wind racing over them. and cause it looks cool man.
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the total track of the intake is = with the stacks
as some head casting ports are longer or shorter
so the stacks are different to correct and make the total run = and make each cyl put out the same power
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the total track of the intake is = with the stacks
as some head casting ports are longer or shorter
so the stacks are different to correct and make the total run = and make each cyl put out the same power
That makes sense, and now that you mention it, looking at the picture, it looks like there are 2 lengths. The angles make it seem like they are all different.

Cool, thanks.

Yes, it does look cool too.
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Look at the headers on cars like this. They match the length of the intakes AND exhaust to even everything out.
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Yeah you see these on most of the Can-am cars at vintage events! Looks bad-azzz
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Look at the headers on cars like this. They match the length of the intakes AND exhaust to even everything out.
The equal distances may be just a coincidence. The length of the header pipes is designed to extract the exhaust gases in order to maximize power at a certain engine speed.

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Nota's got it. The aluminum "Porcupine head" big block V8's used in the CanAm had uneven intake port sizes. The nick-name and the uneven sizes are a result of the splayed valve design. They came up with the stack design shown because it filled in a big hole in the torque curve.

Here's a picture of the heads where you can see the difference in the port lengths.



Here you can see the splayed valve angle which prompted the nick-name "porcupine head"


Both pictures are from Pete Lyon's excellent book: "Can Am". It's well worth the money.

BTW - Anyone know if any sources for in-car CanAm videos? I'd love to see what it was like in the drivers seat when the driver opened the throttle on 8-liters of V8!!!
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