Question - Hooker Header Clearance
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Drifting
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From: Charlotte Area North Carolina
Question - Hooker Header Clearance
My #1 cylinder on the new hooker headers I'm installing is touching the frame of the car.
Suggestions while I'm still in the install process:
1. leave it alone
2. drop the headers back down and bang on the frame to get 1/8" plus of clearance to avoid rattles and vibration and heat transfer from the tube into the frame
3. Get the headers hot and try to create a space between the header pipe and frame by pushing a wedge between the pipe and the frame to move the pipe a little
4. Other suggestions
Thanks in advance for the help.
Kevin
Suggestions while I'm still in the install process:
1. leave it alone
2. drop the headers back down and bang on the frame to get 1/8" plus of clearance to avoid rattles and vibration and heat transfer from the tube into the frame
3. Get the headers hot and try to create a space between the header pipe and frame by pushing a wedge between the pipe and the frame to move the pipe a little
4. Other suggestions
Thanks in advance for the help.
Kevin
Intermediate
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From: brookings sd
I'd mark the header, drop it down and bend it.On uncoated headers, Ive went to an exhaust shop and had them reroute the tube. It might need more than an 1/8th if you are not running solid motor mounts. It sucks when you step up and buy the best and it still isnt right, but hey, thats hotrodding!
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Drifting
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From: Charlotte Area North Carolina
Wow, no kidding. What a pain. These are chrome, ceramic coated so I suppose I have to be extra careful about doing any bending on the Hooker pipes.
Might have to go back to Option 2 - banging on the frame to get the clearance I need to keep the headers from contacting the frame. Shouldn't need much room, just enough to keep them off the frame so they don't rattle my teeth when I'm driving.
Kevin
Might have to go back to Option 2 - banging on the frame to get the clearance I need to keep the headers from contacting the frame. Shouldn't need much room, just enough to keep them off the frame so they don't rattle my teeth when I'm driving.
Kevin
Racer
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From: Hutchinson Kansas
Been reading the last 6 months about Hooker JUNK headers. Some posts have sent them back and got another set and OK. Guess they are one of them companies that don`t care as long as they have your money. Do a search here and check out the comments.
Tech Contributor
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From: Conroe Texas
Howdy,
Forum member Lars dealt with Hooker sidepipe problems. This thread may be of help.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c3-t...post1574385015
And maybe this one too
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c1-a...-complete.html
Jeff
Forum member Lars dealt with Hooker sidepipe problems. This thread may be of help.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c3-t...post1574385015
And maybe this one too
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c1-a...-complete.html
Jeff
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From: Clermont Florida
Hooker headers are poorly made. 40 years ago, I bought a set for an A body GM. They hit the frame in 4 places. Bought a set for another A body 10 years ago, and they still hit the frame in the same 4 places. You would think that after 30 years, they would have figured it out.
Send them back and get a set of Doug Thorley headers.
Send them back and get a set of Doug Thorley headers.
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Safety Car
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From: going faster miles an hour...with the radio on in browns mills new jersey
Once you get your mufflers hooked the way I suggested in your rocker clearance thread, the pipe may no longer hit your frame.
It doesn't cost anything to try.
It doesn't cost anything to try.
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