just starting to learn about internal combustion engines....

alrighty so i've been doing my fair share of research on the above topic and i'm slowly starting to get the mechanics of a car and how all the parts work in unison to produce power and such (crankshafts, cams, intake/exhaust valves, catalytic converters, and all that great stuff). but...i can't seem to tell the difference between a header and an exhaust manifold. meh, noobish question i know.



-mav

This should help you out
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/question172.htm

thanks.




-mav

.i can't seem to tell the difference between a header and an exhaust manifold. meh, noobish question i know.



They are really just the same thing, but the above howstuffworks link does a pretty good job of explaining why a tuned manifold useing individual runners could be called a header.