Guest elementsofway Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 I'm planning on eventually adding a custom turbo to my 1978 280z L28; however, I'm relatively new to turbos. I'm curious though as to whether turbos need different exhaust headers then NA engines? Right now I'm looking at the MSA 3 into 2 exhaust headers from www.thezstore.com. Will these be able to handle the addition of a turbo or would I have/want to eventually replace them? Is there something better? Any insight would be great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cody 82 ZXT Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 I would really suggest you do lots of searching on this site as well as other turbo related sites to gain some more know how before tackling a turbo project for the first time. To answer the question no the header listed will not work on a turbo application. Most guys go with the factory turbo manifold. If ported it will handle 400 plus HP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlderThanMe Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 There isn't really a header that is mass produced for a Turbo Z. There are small run productions but none that are mass produced to my knowledge. A search for "turbo header" on this site should give you what you need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jinsei888 Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 if you do some search on how a turbo works along google or another search engine, you'll see that a turbo sits after the exhaust manifold ("headers") and then exits to a single into the exhaust piping...there is very much a different setup than your N/A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myplasticegg Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 www.thedodgegarage.com go to the "turbo" section and it can give you all the general turbo knowledge you can handle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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