Hooker Headers Questions
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Hooker Headers Questions
I know that the "header-side pipe" questions are all over this board. I am thinking about buying a set for my '72 small block. Summit sells these painted black. The price is reasonable at approx. $900.00 for pipes, headers and mufflers. With high temp paint, how long would it be before they would need paint again? I know Jet Hot sells these already coated but for $700.00 more. Is it worth it to pay the extra money now to avoid early replacement because of rust and corrosion later?
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The high temp. paint will last exactly 1 heat cycle. I bought the cereamic coated Hookers(block huggers). Because my timing wasn't dead on when we first fired it up, it cooked some of it. I'm thinking of sending them off to Jet Hot this winter for coating.
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I know that the "header-side pipe" questions are all over this board. I am thinking about buying a set for my '72 small block. Summit sells these painted black. The price is reasonable at approx. $900.00 for pipes, headers and mufflers. With high temp paint, how long would it be before they would need paint again? I know Jet Hot sells these already coated but for $700.00 more. Is it worth it to pay the extra money now to avoid early replacement because of rust and corrosion later?
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My chrome Hooker headers / pipes are over 15 yrs old. I'm removing them and reinstalling them while preparing for paint. Unfortunately they were installed on the wrong side, so the tabs face up instead of down. My car has 38k miles, so they don't have a ton of use, but I'd say plenty.
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My chrome Hooker headers / pipes are over 15 yrs old. I'm removing them and reinstalling them while preparing for paint. Unfortunately they were installed on the wrong side, so the tabs face up instead of down. My car has 38k miles, so they don't have a ton of use, but I'd say plenty.
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Hooker Headers Questions
I found this PDF off a Hooker website.
"WARNING! Breaking in an engine with ceramic coat headers WILL result in damage to the coating and will VOID the warranties. Ceramic-coat headers require several heat cycles to fully cure before they will withstand extreme heat. Hooker recommends using a cast-iron exhaust manifold or an old header to break in new engines to avoid coating damage."
I have a new engine going in my car. According to Hooker I would need to run my old exhaust until my new engine is broke in.
Will someone please explain the above paragraph.
How many miles does it generally take for this to happen?
"WARNING! Breaking in an engine with ceramic coat headers WILL result in damage to the coating and will VOID the warranties. Ceramic-coat headers require several heat cycles to fully cure before they will withstand extreme heat. Hooker recommends using a cast-iron exhaust manifold or an old header to break in new engines to avoid coating damage."
I have a new engine going in my car. According to Hooker I would need to run my old exhaust until my new engine is broke in.
Will someone please explain the above paragraph.
How many miles does it generally take for this to happen?
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My chrome Hooker headers / pipes are over 15 yrs old. I'm removing them and reinstalling them while preparing for paint. Unfortunately they were installed on the wrong side, so the tabs face up instead of down. My car has 38k miles, so they don't have a ton of use, but I'd say plenty.
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I bought a set from one of our previous supporting vendors and asked the same questions. He sent me a picture of his car that had chrome on for many years. They still looked great but had a little bluing right at the heads and down-tubes but the rest looked like new. I'll see if i can find the pic and send it to you.
Terry
NP, PM'd you with the link to Kevin's thread with pics of his pipes (also below). According to Kevin, the pipes have been on the car since the early 70's. Not the greatest pics for this purpose but then again they weren't showcasing the pipes at the time.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c1-a...rod-handy.html
Terry
NP, PM'd you with the link to Kevin's thread with pics of his pipes (also below). According to Kevin, the pipes have been on the car since the early 70's. Not the greatest pics for this purpose but then again they weren't showcasing the pipes at the time.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c1-a...rod-handy.html
Last edited by HOOAH; Nov 14, 2009 at 12:56 PM. Reason: Updated post w/link
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Engine break-in w/ceramic-coat headers??'s
I found this PDF off a Hooker website.
"WARNING! Breaking in an engine with ceramic coat headers WILL result in damage to the coating and will VOID the warranties. Ceramic-coat headers require several heat cycles to fully cure before they will withstand extreme heat. Hooker recommends using a cast-iron exhaust manifold or an old header to break in new engines to avoid coating damage."
I have a new engine going in my car. According to Hooker I would need to run my old exhaust until my new engine is broke in.
Will someone please explain the above paragraph.
How many miles does it generally take for this to happen?
"WARNING! Breaking in an engine with ceramic coat headers WILL result in damage to the coating and will VOID the warranties. Ceramic-coat headers require several heat cycles to fully cure before they will withstand extreme heat. Hooker recommends using a cast-iron exhaust manifold or an old header to break in new engines to avoid coating damage."
I have a new engine going in my car. According to Hooker I would need to run my old exhaust until my new engine is broke in.
Will someone please explain the above paragraph.
How many miles does it generally take for this to happen?
