FACTORY HOOKER HEADERS FOR L88s
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Heel & Toe
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FACTORY HOOKER HEADERS FOR L88s
I am involved in a discussion on a Mopar site about headers from the factory. I remember that you could order Hooker headers in the late 60s for L88s and Z28s and they came shipped loose inside the car. Does anyone know how this was facilitated? Were there factory part numbers assigned to these headers or how did a assembly worker know to put them in the car or how this was accomplished?
Thanks in advance.
darryld1@***.net
Thanks in advance.
darryld1@***.net
Last edited by 66hemi; Jun 22, 2005 at 02:00 AM. Reason: adding email address
Le Mans Master
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Actually they were Kustom headers on the L88 (my friend still has a set of "real" Kustom sidepipes for his L88) but, Thompson Headers in California made the Z/28 Camaro headers. There is a difference in the Kustom and Hooker pipe routing if you look.
Melting Slicks
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thats right...they were KUSTOM - with a K!
From Vette Vues : " Road racing header-side pipes were made by Kustom for the big block Corvette. They had factory part numbers and were available over the counter. They were only dull black in colour, not chrome."
From Vette Vues : " Road racing header-side pipes were made by Kustom for the big block Corvette. They had factory part numbers and were available over the counter. They were only dull black in colour, not chrome."
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Melting Slicks
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did a quick google search and found a used set for $2800.
http://www.cranescorvette.com/new_page_43.htm
http://www.cranescorvette.com/new_page_43.htm
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considering a custom built set of headers is $2000+ and the car the Kustom headers would go on would be worth $100K-$250K...$2800 really doesn`t sound too bad.....there is also a guy on the east coast selling a set for $2500....
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correct me if i am wrong
weren't the L88's built to radical to even come close to their potential without headers.... from what I have heard there is something like a 100hp gain with headers on an L88...... Got to love the factory back doors to power
weren't the L88's built to radical to even come close to their potential without headers.... from what I have heard there is something like a 100hp gain with headers on an L88...... Got to love the factory back doors to power
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From: Little Rock AR
Originally Posted by 66hemi
I am involved in a discussion on a Mopar site about headers from the factory. I remember that you could order Hooker headers in the late 60s for L88s and Z28s and they came shipped loose inside the car. Does anyone know how this was facilitated? Were there factory part numbers assigned to these headers or how did a assembly worker know to put them in the car or how this was accomplished?
Thanks in advance.
darryld1@***.net
Thanks in advance.
darryld1@***.net
I do not think you could order a Vette with sidemount headers as an option. They were strictly an "over the parts counter" item.
-Mark.
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From: In Dreams There Is Truth Ohio
Originally Posted by cosmicvette
thats right...they were KUSTOM - with a K!
From Vette Vues : " Road racing header-side pipes were made by Kustom for the big block Corvette. They had factory part numbers and were available over the counter. They were only dull black in colour, not chrome."
From Vette Vues : " Road racing header-side pipes were made by Kustom for the big block Corvette. They had factory part numbers and were available over the counter. They were only dull black in colour, not chrome."
Another note, the Kustom tube is longer than Hooker's by 3-4".
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I just got back from Bloomington where there is a Corvette collector selling off some of his "extra stuff"...Kustom headers WITH a GM part number and a set of side pipes NOT new BUT refinished....$5500.00 owns them.
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Burning Brakes
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Wasn't OK Kustom bought out by Hooker back in the late 60's??? I thought they were.
My engine builder has one of the 100 sets built by, I thought, OK Kustom out of stainless steel. I believe he paid $1500 back in 69, and they are still on the BB car today.
Will be at a Corvette show tomorrow, and will try a get a picture of these pipes. Seems to me they were, like GDaina said, just a little different than the Hookers. Something in the "twist" of the pipes..........
My engine builder has one of the 100 sets built by, I thought, OK Kustom out of stainless steel. I believe he paid $1500 back in 69, and they are still on the BB car today.
Will be at a Corvette show tomorrow, and will try a get a picture of these pipes. Seems to me they were, like GDaina said, just a little different than the Hookers. Something in the "twist" of the pipes..........
