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Mar 1, 2011 | 02:34 PM

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Hooker header problem 93 corvette

1993 Corvette; 2 years ago I purchased a new set of HOOKER SUPER COMP,2151-1HKR Headers (84-96) corvette 350.I just finished Engine rebuilt,and went to use the headers and found ,that the right hand header, pipe #2 cylinder is laying tight against the top of motor mount; #4 cyl pipe is adout .025 from hitting the rear edge of the engine mount. Has anyone run into this problem with HOOKER HEADERS before; if so what/how did you FIX the problem??? Left Header fits perfect...

Mar 1, 2011 | 02:55 PM

oldalaskaman

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those issues are usually fixed with a few light blows with a hammer in the areas that are too close. its an issue with multi year fit headers thats been going on 40 plus years that I know of.

Mar 1, 2011 | 03:18 PM

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I have heard of guys having to turn the bolt around on the motor mounts for clearence, but never heard of the header hitting the mount..WW

Mar 1, 2011 | 10:07 PM

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.......... What heads are you using ? ........................

Mar 1, 2011 | 10:34 PM

383vett

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I've run a couple of sets of 2151s and haven't run into any clearance problems. The headers are tight with straight plug heads, but other than that, everything was fine.

Mar 1, 2011 | 11:20 PM

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I have heard of guys having to turn the bolt around on the motor mounts for clearence, but never heard of the header hitting the mount..WW

I had to do this!!!!

Mar 2, 2011 | 01:43 PM

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.......... What heads are you using ? ........................

gm. Lt-4

Mar 2, 2011 | 01:52 PM

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I've run a couple of sets of 2151s and haven't run into any clearance problems. The headers are tight with straight plug heads, but other than that, everything was fine.

Maybe "HOOKER" made a mistake in MFG. the Headers. I was hoping that a few other people had the same problem, before I go to back Hooker to see what they say...

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Mar 3, 2011 | 11:09 PM

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im running hooker 1 3/4 comp headers on my 86 with afr heads and had no problems

Mar 4, 2011 | 12:54 PM

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im running hooker 1 3/4 comp headers on my 86 with afr heads and had no problems

I could be wrong but I think that"GM" changed the engine mounts in 92-96 for the LT-1/LT-4 engine , thats the only thing I can think of that may be causing the problem...

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