hooker side mount headers
Thread Starter
Racer
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 306
Likes: 0
From: WAY SOUTH OF HEAVEN inebriated
hooker side mount headers
I just won a set of side mount 2 1/8 hooker headers 2222hkr off e bay for 255 $ what a good deal anyways anyone have them installed and are they any good ? thanks muchly.
Thread Starter
Racer
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 306
Likes: 0
From: WAY SOUTH OF HEAVEN inebriated
I just read an old thread something about having to cut the rocker panels to make the side pipes fit properly i hope not and does anyone know if you half to get different engine mounts for side mount headers?
Safety Car
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 3,725
Likes: 5
From: Minnesota
Here's an old Corvette Fever article.
http://www.corvettefever.com/howto/4680/
Not sure if the fit is any better or worse for a BB but cutting the rocker moldings is probably going to be necessary.
http://www.corvettefever.com/howto/4680/
Not sure if the fit is any better or worse for a BB but cutting the rocker moldings is probably going to be necessary.
Race Director
Joined: Jun 2000
Posts: 10,040
Likes: 672
From: FL
OK, you need to take the rocker moldings off anyway to mount the side pipes. The mounting tabs are on the 4" pipes that slip over the headers.
In order:
1) Get car up on jack stands. I had mine about 18" up. Higher is better.
2) Remove old exhaust and clutch linkage and rocker moldings.
3) Feed headers in from bottom.
4) Make a pattern in cardboard around the pipes for trimming the rocker molding.
5) Trim molding and reinstall.
6) I found it to be a lot easier to have the wheels removed so I could feed the molding in from the end lengthwise. It fits in behind the pipes and the fender flare would not let it drop right in.
7) Enjoy.
In order:
1) Get car up on jack stands. I had mine about 18" up. Higher is better.
2) Remove old exhaust and clutch linkage and rocker moldings.
3) Feed headers in from bottom.
4) Make a pattern in cardboard around the pipes for trimming the rocker molding.
5) Trim molding and reinstall.
6) I found it to be a lot easier to have the wheels removed so I could feed the molding in from the end lengthwise. It fits in behind the pipes and the fender flare would not let it drop right in.
7) Enjoy.
Thread Starter
Racer
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 306
Likes: 0
From: WAY SOUTH OF HEAVEN inebriated
Thanks guys i think im going to try making some rocker panels i dont want to cut my originals they are in mint condition ill see what my mind can twist and bend up (if i even half too) maybe ill get lucky and not half to cut anything. 
yeh right! thanks again
yeh right! thanks again
Race Director
Joined: Mar 1999
Posts: 10,258
Likes: 1
From: Calif.
You may need to cut them.
You may not need to cut either of them.
You may need to cut one and not the other.
Depends on the car.
Install the pipes first and then check out the rocker panels. But DO NOT start cutting stuff before you check to see whether you will have to.
Trust me on this.
You may not need to cut either of them.
You may need to cut one and not the other.
Depends on the car.
Install the pipes first and then check out the rocker panels. But DO NOT start cutting stuff before you check to see whether you will have to.
Trust me on this.
Corvette Stories
The Best of Corvette for Corvette Enthusiasts
Top 10 Most Explosive Corvettes Ever Made: Power-to-Weight Ratio Ranked!
Joe Kucinski
150 hp to 1,250 hp: Every Corvette Generation Compared by the Specs That Matter
Joe Kucinski
8 Coolest Corvette Pace Cars (and Replicas) of All Time
Verdad Gallardo
Top 10 Corvette Engines RANKED by Peak Torque (70+ Years of Muscle!)
Joe Kucinski
Corvette ZR1X Will Be Pacing the Indy 500, And Could Probably Race, Too!
Verdad Gallardo
Top 10 Corvettes Coming to Mecum Indy 2026!
Brett Foote
Top 10 C9 Corvette MUST-HAVES to Fix These C8 Generation Flaws!
Michael S. Palmer
10 Revolutionary 'Corvette Firsts' Most People Don't Know
Joe Kucinski
