| While the engine generates the power to drive the car | | | | gathering place for the exhaust gases. However this |
| it also has to generate the power to drive itself. The | | | | is where the problem of back pressure rears its head. |
| more power it requires to drive itself the less power is | | | | Since there are several cylinder sending gases to the |
| left to drive the car. Therefore car aftermarket | | | | exhaust manifold there are usually some gases |
| products that help reduce the power required to run | | | | already in the manifold when gases from another |
| the engine help improve the car’s performance. | | | | cylinder try to get there. The gases already in the |
| A lot of the engine’s power is consumed in driving | | | | manifold offer resistance and this creates the back |
| the piston in and out of the cylinders. In the power | | | | pressure. |
| stroke where the fuel is ignited there is energy | | | | Exhaust headers offer an elegant solution to get rid of |
| generated for this. But in the next stroke where the | | | | this crowding of the exhaust gases. Each cylinder has |
| exhaust gases are thrown out the engine needs to | | | | its dedicated exhaust pipe which carries the exhaust |
| consume power. | | | | gases to a larger collector pipe. The dedicated |
| Exhaust headers help reduce the power required to | | | | exhaust pipes of all the cylinders are of the same |
| throw out exhaust gases. An exhaust header assists | | | | length so that the exhaust gases reach at the same |
| in taking away the exhaust gases quickly from a multi | | | | time. This does away with the need to gather the |
| cylinder engine. How does it do that? To understand | | | | exhaust gases in an exhaust manifold and reduces the |
| that we need to understand briefly how a multi cylinder | | | | back pressure. Reduced back pressure improves the |
| engine works. | | | | engine performance. |
| In a multi cylinder engine in each cylinder fuel is burnt | | | | If you are going for car aftermarket products such as |
| and then the exhaust gases from the cylinder are | | | | high performance body kits you should also consider |
| thrown out. The exhaust gases from all the cylinders | | | | products such as exhaust headers that improve the |
| reach an exhaust manifold. The manifold is like a | | | | car performance. |