Hooker Sidepipes: Do yours make a mess?
05-05-2004, 10:18 PM
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Hooker Sidepipes: Do yours make a mess?
Mine condense and shoot black condensate everywhere and drip puddles of black water on the floor.
The mixture is about right on the car, maybe a little on the rich side.
Does anyone else have this problem? How do you deal with it?
The mixture is about right on the car, maybe a little on the rich side.
Does anyone else have this problem? How do you deal with it?
05-05-2004, 10:25 PM
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Re: Hooker Sidepipes: Do yours make a mess? (Steve Straus)
Mine condense and shoot black condensate everywhere and drip puddles of black water on the floor.
The mixture is about right on the car, maybe a little on the rich side.
Does anyone else have this problem? How do you deal with it?
The mixture is about right on the car, maybe a little on the rich side.
Does anyone else have this problem? How do you deal with it?
05-06-2004, 02:43 AM
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Re: Hooker Sidepipes: Do yours make a mess? (Steve Straus)
The only time mine ever does that is if I have it running in the garage for a while. Like when I'm adjusting the idle mixture/speed or timing. It would have to sit there idling and doing a bit of revving up for at least 20 minutes or so though. Even then the 'puddles' are very small (1 inch accross).
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05-06-2004, 12:42 PM
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Re: Hooker Sidepipes: Do yours make a mess? (SharkPilot)
Steve. I just started mine after it's winter nap, and no black soot but I have condensation. 2 inch puddles. No big thing..........."Sounds great", but I'm partial....... :yesnod: :yesnod: :yesnod: :yesnod:
05-06-2004, 08:50 PM
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Re: Hooker Sidepipes: Do yours make a mess? (Steve Straus)
Only on warm up :leaving:
05-06-2004, 09:41 PM
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Re: Hooker Sidepipes: Do yours make a mess? (Steve Straus)
I had a set of hookers on my vette years ago with the glasspack insert mufflers. Within a few years both sides of my pipes rusted through where the mufflers sat. I'm a firm believer that the glasspacks trapped and retained the condensation causing this especially when driven on short trips.
05-06-2004, 10:38 PM
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Re: Hooker Sidepipes: Do yours make a mess? (Older Than Dirt)
:iagree: same thing happened to me. would rather have the drip then have the pipes rust out. It used to get pretty expensive to replace every year. robert
05-06-2004, 11:02 PM
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Re: Hooker Sidepipes: Do yours make a mess? (Steve Straus)
I can't remember the post, (been a while and probably a senior moment), but there was a setup to push fresh air through the AIR injectors to keep this guy's stock exhaust from rusting out on a '68. Should be simple to duplicate. My sidepipes (not Hookers but similar) have 'packs in them and steam when I fire up and run in winter, but that's it.
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