Spartan109
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Header=exhaust manifold, that's what they are called on 4-cylinders.
As for the ECU, you could do standalone fuel management like Megasquirt. It takes engine control away from the stock ECU to a different computer that is tuned through a laptop. You will need a wideband air/fuel ratio gauge and eventually a place to dyno tune it.
1. headers and manifolds are different. they operate different too, i no this from my dad and a shop teacher at school that is very good friends with my dad, and you cant tell a kid that changed his first engine when he was 11 and worked on cars of all different makes, that he is wrong.
2. i dont have a place to dyno it, this is a home garage type thing im talking about, with some outside help for some specialties.
You reprogram the ECU to delete it. Not like you really need to unless you take it to the track... Acceleration is king.
You may or may not have to upgrade internals. A Zetec engine out of a Focus and a ZX2 for instance will hold 10 psi easy, making about 100 extra horsepower. Again, something better to ask on a stratus forum.
i asked some stuff on an all dodge forum and i dont have a response to my thread yet(made it yesterday).
how do i make a homemade turbo? what do i need?