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Originally Posted by gregzz4

Oh, here's a better one fer ya

Driving home Tuesday night, going uphill and matt it to make a light
Left turn and hear 'tick tick tick' ... hmm, busted valve spring maybe ?
So I matt it again and 'blap blap blap' goes the exhaust
Whew, at least it's not a head re + re
Continued driving home thinking 'I hope it's not a blown stainless muffler'
Get home and find I blew a collector ... on a Hooker Competition Header !!! Not the gasket, but the actual collector where the 4 downtubes meet the main collector

I guess the 10 years of road salt caught up to me

Guess what I'm doing tomorrow

Ok don't get me wrong, headers are great. But all I see is a pipe running over every single mounting bolt and spark plug. Is hooker still building a decent header? What's the flange thickness on them now? I cant say too much though cause there usually the first thing I do on my vehicles too. They obviously don't mess with your air care? I'm dreading the day they bring that up here.