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1978 Corvette Hooker side mount header Questions??
I have a 1978 with a/c. I just bought the 2224-3hkr Stainless side mount headers and was wondering how you mounted your side pipes with the smaller ac compressor??
How does it mount because I believe the stock mount is bolted onto a stud on the headers I have now.
PLEASE POST PICS of yours and help anyway you can! thank you
On my 79, I ended up turning a piece of 304 into a spacer the correct length and using a bolt long enough to engage most of the threads in the aluminum head. If you don’t have access to a lathe, you may be able to get away with using a piece of 3/8-16 threaded rod bottomed out in the head as a stud and using a flanged nut on the header to hold that and then a washer/nut on each side of the AC bracket and see how that looks/works.
I can’t recall the exact length but I think somewhere around 3 3/16 length with a 13/32 through hole. Bolt I think was 4.25 but I had to modify threads for the engagement I liked.
I have a similar spacer on my headers on my 79 with A/C. While mine came on my car when i bought it, I sure do think I've seen one for sale somewhere. You might try a google search to see if you turn one up.
12-13-2018, 07:00 PM
1978 Corvette Hooker side mount header Questions??
