Re: Davis Step Headers???
 

As usual, mr. desk top dyno, a nobody, a computer programmer, an old man who never raced and that no one here with a clue gives him, nor his malarkey the time of day, has decided again, to reply only to comment about me.

Pathetic!

Re: Davis Step Headers???
 

Jere Stahl was on a different intellectual level than most of us. He was brilliant.

Re: Davis Step Headers???
 

Agree in full. I'd put Jenkins in there too - believe it or not he was a bit easier to talk to and his explanations were easier to grasp, though more of a "I found this works well" more than applying proven theory.

Jere did a monumental amount of research. On one of my visits, he showed me notebook after notebook of what he'd gathered. Of course he used a dyno, but his main effort was in finding out everything about truly successful engines - whether drag racing, nascar, F1, any type.

From that data he developed his own formulae for what made horsepower. He knew exactly the best way to move air through an engine and thus his prominence in camshafts and exhaust.

He always insisted on things being exactly right and lost quite a few sales because of it. I know of at least 4 or 5 top level racers who backed away when Jere started asking them questions or sent them a form to fill out. A lot of them had no idea about the specifics of their engines he asked about, nor how to find out. He was not the type to pull parts off a shelf because they'd be good enough.

Re: Davis Step Headers???
 

Please the guy bent and welded pipe there's no one brilliant doing that for a living! :rolleyes:

Somehow drag racing and more specific header building has continue without him.

Re: Davis Step Headers???
 

No, it's continued because of him.

J.R.

Re: Davis Step Headers???
 

Stahl made a living out of header work as does Mark Lelchook, Calvin Elston , Greg Holman and many others. I hope they read your comments.
Maybe you can give us a class on what the header does for the engine efficiency and affect piping size has on the head at speed. Probably not.
Your lack of class towards racers and fabricators amazes me. Who would invest in your program reading this garbage?

Oh and Happy Thanksgiving.

Re: Davis Step Headers???
 

I could educate many here on headers as I did Jere!:p

Re: Davis Step Headers???
 

so, start a company and make people headers. talk is cheap.

Re: Davis Step Headers???
 

Not going to happen. I've stated before, that I would have to take a huge pay cut to provide any services for drag racers.

That said, Greg Holman built the headers in my Firebird and if I were to build another set, I'd have him build those too.

Re: Davis Step Headers???
 

First time I talked to Jere was in the mid 70's when I built my first flow bench. He was extremely helpful.
Fast forward to 1989 and I was building a Dyno cell. I called and he remembered me. He really helped with the design of the cell. (kept me from making mistakes) I got a large envelope with hand written notes and suggestions from him. He even drew up some dyno specific headers for the most common engines I ran. I guess we just clicked. He was always helpful. The last set of headers I got from him were for one of my best friends SBC Monza...were heck to put on, but worked well. The set of headers he did for my D/Gas Vette back in the mid 70's were the best on the car. I never found any headers that went down track as quick as his set did. I have often wondered how many guys like me there were scattered around the country that he helped out.