Long Tube vs Short Tube Headers | The Technical Differences

A lot of people know that long tube headers generally make more power than short-tube headers, but not many people talk about the technical reasons for that and when you may consider one vs the other. In this video, Mike does!

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[PissDrunxVato]

Love how he has a smile the whole time, my guy is genuinely passionate about performance, very thorough now time to order some long tubes!

[crash]

If we had more teachers like this guy the world would be a way cooler place. Love his passion and his ability to articulate a complex subject in a way that everyone can understand!

[al]

As being a professional mechanical engineer and a car enthusiast i can listen to you all day long Sir! Thank you so much for the detailed explanations!

[chriswillis]

As a Mechanical engineer with time in a ICE lab. This guy is nailing it. Great content.

[Better_Car_Control]

Great overview Mike! Just ordered my long tubes for my built LS6 SBE. This should complement my massaged heads, fast intake manifold, and big cam

[RcketRed]

I could listen to you get real technical all day. I really wanted to hear the equation for determining the length of the run to get perfect wave reflection timed with your motor. Please go into depth on all of this. Personally I don't care how long the video is I just want to learn more. The part where you said the return wave helping to push the fresh air and fuel back into the cylinder just made me light up with joy. Great video, I'd say you can go into as much depth as you want! Let's get nerdy with more power!

[bryanparsons]

I would listen to this man talk all day long about engines. Thank you sir. You would be an amazing teacher

[guttedxx]

I serious watch this channel because of this guy. He always looks so happy, and explains things in a clear and easy way to understand.

@12:06 made me LOL. Its like when you have your customer service voice on and then you break character for one second.

[mattsmallshot]

Hi, your video popped up in my feed and I find it very informative. Its good to see videos that actually explain why designs are evolving the way they are in the emission stand point, haven't seen a video that talked about it until now. Could you talk about equal, unequal length headers, 1-1 pipes? Keep up the good work

[johnalcala]

I figure this dude has forgotten more tech info than most people have learned. Great video and with that chill smile 😂

[kevinw]

My favorite thing other than the great info is the smile you have the entire video. It’s infectious! I can’t stop smiling now after two videos. Thanks for making these

[ClassicCelica]

I have a 1976 Celica with a 302 V8 using shorty headers which I had to install in reverse. It was the only way to get it to work around the steering box and it looks pretty cool too. I had to use a remote oil filter but that's now easier to get at too.

[syrthdrsybr]

Really appreciate you guys including turbo applications into the conversation.

[blythewarland]

4 minute 11 seconds - I subscribed, that was long enough for me to work out you know your stuff

[dwlubu]

Every time I listen to Mike, it’s a dang masterclass. This is better than university course

[nthenetninja]

I learned something in this video! I'm primarily of the NA, big overlap cam long tube world, and mostly understood that. I didn't know how tube length affected turbo efficiency. Very cool! I shall have to remember this if I ever build a turbo engine...

[robertsantiago]

Wow! These things were never explained to me while training to be an automotive technician. Thanks again.

[Trasher_Garage]

Mike is probably one of the most intelligent car guys.. I love hearing what he has to say, very informative.

[ChoppedVX]

I just found this channel, and I already love it so much. It’s so informative, especially for someone like me who has no formal automotive education but still loves his car and working on his car. When I get ready to build my custom exhaust you can be sure I will be coming back to this information! Great video, amazing info and quality.

[konholio]

This is one of the better channels that goes into deep tech dive and making it simple to understand. Great stuff, we need more content like this, not just the common mumbo jumbo from people that have no tech background.