Did you know that the concept of the internal combustion engine goes back almost 500 years? It's true: Leonardo Da Vinci wrote a description of what he called a "compression-less" engine. It was another 350 years however, before the first practical gas-fired engines were developed, starting in the mid-1800's. It was perhaps one of those early engineers, deciding that the fuel intake and exhaust outlet pipes looked a lot like a pair of hands, with fingers grasping either side of the engine block, who decided to call them "manifolds," from a Latin root meaning "hand-shaped." The exhaust manifold is also called a "header." Unlike the intake manifold - which is usually constructed of lightweight aluminum - the header is made of cast iron able to stand up to the extreme heat generated by exhaust gases.

Its job is to collect exhaust gases and deliver them to the exhaust system by way of the catalytic converter. There are two types of headers available: the common collector style header, which uses pipes that merge into a collector, and the "zoomie" header.

The latter type has no collector, and is used mostly in racing cars. There are custom headers available for your Chevy C1500 that can use this principle to increase horsepower and performance, however. Our online catalog has a large selection of Chevy C1500 Headers to choose from. Log on today and you'll find some awesome deals on Chevy C1500 Headers, in stock and ready to ship that can kick your engine's performance up a few notches.When you're ready raise the performance bar on your Chevy C1500, come on by and see what we have for you.