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Old 11-07-12, 05:50 PM
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Mindtrain header primary length

Just curious if anyone had a rough idea what the Mindtrain header effective length was? I remember reading a few posts on here comparing the mindtrain and the racing beat header and i recall people said the mindtrain did have a slight power advantage. upon looking at pictures of the mind train header it appears to be significantly shorter than the RB header. Any opinions?

I just picked up an old formula mazda header that looks to have about a 16.5 inch primary length with 1 7/8" primary ID. I'm planning on trying to make it fit in a stockport s5 . . .

I appreciate any help/ideas
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The header appears shorter, but it's also all curves and the collector collects at a very steep angle.
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My formula mazda header does have a steeper collector angle than my racing beat. Do you think the mindtrain header makes more power because of the collector? I'm not exactly thrilled with the RB collector.

I was reading on the formula mazda website that their motors are limited to 6900rpm. It is interesting that their headers are so short for such a low rpm limit. All the traditional forum knowledge says you need twice the fm header length for a low reving stock or street port. What gives? Maybe it's just a packaging issue for them but the cars make good power
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have you seen a formula mazda? the exhaust comes out of the engine and wraps around the back of the car, and sometimes they add a second muffler which goes forward on the opposite side.

i'd think the 16.5" is more to fit it in the car, but it probably does fine in the power dept.
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Have you got a pic of the header ? I just had a really quick read on the fm site, 6900rpm limit with 180hp, Is that with stock port's and short header's ?? Sorry if that's off topic.
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Stock 6 port, that header, Weber DCOE in a wraparound manifold, and a rev limiter via MSD chip.
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I was planning on cutting the header just aft of the collector and possibly adding a short expansion/megaphone. I like how the primaries come off the flange. It is a much better design in that aspect than the Racing Beat header.

This was the sellers picture

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I believe I have a mindtrain header on my car. I can grab pics and attempt to measure it. Or you can buy it and measure it yourself!
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Finally got around to measuring this, the primary is 26" in in length.
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