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Engine Intake and exhaust port spacing.


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I have seen some questions here about what headers fits on wich engine or wich intake manifold I can use on what engine.
So I have done a little thing that can be of help to see how the intake and exhaust ports are spaced on different engines and what headers/exhaust manifold or intake manofold can be used from wich engine type to do a convincing setup on your model.

Because it doesn't look good with evenly spaced headers on an engine with siamesed center ports or the other way around :rolleyes:

Ford Flathead

Exhaust o o o
Intake oo oo
Ford FE MEL Windsor 335 385
Exhaust o o o o
Intake o o o o
Ford Y-Block
Exhaust o oo o (the center ports are close together but not as close as on a Chevrolet small block)
Intake o o (the intake ports are stacked on top of each other)
o o
Lincoln-Mercury Y-Block
Exhaust o oo o (same as the Ford Y-Block)
Intake oo oo
Chevrolet Small Block
Exhaust o oo o
Intake oo oo
Chevrolet Big Block Generation 1 W Engine
Exhaust o oo o
Intake oo oo
Chevrolet Big Block Generation 2 Rat Engine
Exhaust o o o o
Intake oo oo
Buick Nailhead
Exhaust o o o o
Intake o oo o
Buick Big Block
Exhaust o oo o
Intake oo oo
Oldsmobile Rocket Generation 1
Exhaust o o o (the center ports are so close together so they share a larger port)
Intake oo oo
Oldsmobile Big Block Generation 2
Exhaust o oo o
Intake oo oo
Pontiac
Exhaust o oo o (the center ports are closer than on a Chevrolet small block)
Intake oo oo
Cadillac Generation 1 and 2
Exhaust o o o (same as with Olds Gen 1, the center ports are so close that they share the center port)
Intake oo oo
Cadillac Generation 3 472 500 cu in
Exhaust o o o o
Intake o o o o
Mopar A Polyhead
Exhaust o o o o
Intake o o o o
Mopar B RB
Exhaust o oo o
Intake oo oo
Mopar HEMI 426, De Soto, Chrysler, Dodge
Exhaust o o o o
Intake o o o o
Mopar LA
Exhaust o oo o
Intake oo oo
AMC Rambler
Exhaust o oo o
Intake oo oo
Edited by Force
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