Straight Eight Headers

[Deleted User]
[Deleted User]
edited March 2013 in HUDSON
Has anyone ever built custom headers for their 254 straight eight? I know it would be a routing challenge but I've got a couple ideas and just wanted to see if anyone else has done anything similar.
Rick

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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    This is the closest I've seen,
    Roger
  • bob ward
    bob ward Senior Contributor
    Somewhere on here there is a photo of one of Frank Kleinig's 8cyl race cars with headers, and the way he did them would have made for very efficient exhaust gas removal. Eight pipes went straight up from the block, looped over the head and were merged on the LH side of the engine.

    I have seen an Terraplane race engine with a similar system.
  • ivanz62
    ivanz62 Expert Adviser
    Here's a photo. Kleinig's heavily modified Hudson 8 powered special in 1949.
  • ivanz62
    ivanz62 Expert Adviser
    Let me try again with Kleinig's motor
  • RL Chilton
    RL Chilton Administrator, Member
    That's wild, Ivan.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    "Ken U-Tx I have a picture somewhere of TK's 38 Hudson eight with headers, Edmunds dual carb intake and Edmunds finned head ....... "


    Ken, I would really like to see that picture! That must be a beautiful eight!
  • lostmind
    lostmind Expert Adviser
    I remember "Terraplane" Kellys headers were very close to the Klienig's set.
    What a nice sound that car made.
  • Park_W
    Park_W Senior Contributor
    edited March 2013
    I'd bring the pipes out through the RH hood side panel, collecting them into four or two under the hood, then bringing the four or two out and down into the fender, a la Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg. Was planning to do this on a '35 H coupe a few years ago, but decided I didn't need another project.
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