Anyone runnin 2 1/2" ram horn exhaust manifolds?

[k14burb]

I ran Sanderson's on my old '67 Nova back in the 90's. Port matched to my heads, they ran and looked great. Kinda pricey though.
http://www.sandersonheaders.com/prod...products_id=67

[northern 85]

Nice but i think the ram horns are my best bet.

[Rogue]

2" Ramhorns are easy to find.
In fact, I tripped over one in the dirt at a pick-n-pull today.

[Slik69]

Northern 85 when you mentioned you wanted to tone down.. is it too loud. I ask because I have ram horns.. and my truck has a nice mellow sound, but am wondering how much louder it would be with headers. I have headers on my other car.. and believe it or not am now thinking abotu leaving the horns on. It seems to drive ok and I don't know how much would be picked up HP wise going headers.

[Oklahoma]

I had long headers with turbos and duel's out the back, i wasnt happy with it and went to Ramhorn's with a Y pipe and single out the back side, and it sounds so much sweeter. In my opinion.

[Slik69]

Hmmm.. I am considering leaving now what I have in place (ram horns) only thing is I have to cover the smog equipment holes with some studs. Do these last long or do they come out eventually over time. I remember reading somewhere that these were comparable or even better than a shorty header in most cases. I was strongly considering headers because I hear there's a gain with opening up the exhaust.

[TheDark1]

Back in the day, I used to put small pipe plugs from the hardware store in the smog holes. They rust pretty good, so don't plan on taking them out. I don't remember them ever rusting out completely though. The rams horn will give you better low end torque in most cases, but headers will pull harder up the RPM range.

[northern 85]

Slick69, yes its to loud,it sounds great at idle but as soon as you get on the gas it sounds like a race truck.The truck has long tube headers into a 3 inch x pipe into 2 1/2 flomaster mandrel bend aluminized pipe,into flowmaster hushpower 2s then straight out the back with square tips. I agree with Dark1 as long as you are not looking peak hp ram horns are the best bet. I have never heard of anyone haveing any probs with pipe plugs or them rusting out. Been told many times that the 2 1/2 inch corvette ram is the best performance manifold next to headers. In my opinion they are the best fit for what we are looking.

[northern 85]

[bigeasycigars]

I want to swap out my headers (Hooker Competition) for some 2 1/2" ram horns. Who knows the best place to order a set? Once done anyone who wants my old headers can pick them up free of charge.

[LILRED66]

Factory on a '66 Chevy K10.

[bigeasycigars]

I want to swap out my headers (Hooker Competition) for some 2 1/2" ram horns. (Or is there something better that won't leak?)
Anyone know the best place to order a set?
Once done anyone who wants my old headers can pick them up free of charge.

[Deryl]

I was always told that rams horn manifolds flow as good as headers, who knows? I have far more miles on them over the years (nova's chevelles and various other chevys) than headers and wouldn't skip a beat to run them again. Nowadays we think that if we dont have headers we dont have a real hotrod. Now, climbing back down off my soapbox, I like seeing, and hearing a nice set of duals out of ramshorns just as well as headers. Truth be known, if you bolt on a set of ramshorns you probably will never have to touch them again as long as you own the truck.

[Rich 5150 69]

You can bolts these up as well, used on almost all `69 on up small blocks,
http://www.castheads.com/log_systems.php