70 Nova BB header fitment

[bigsixman]

Hooker moved some, or all, of their production to Mexico 25 years ago and the new headers are different. I had trouble with sbc headers that were purchased 10 years a part and the ones stamped "made in Mexico" did not fit correctly. I have friends with bbc cars and their Hookers fit poorly too. I have since went to Stahl and Lemon's with no issues at all.

[L78steve]

Originally Posted by bigsixman

Hooker moved some, or all, of their production to Mexico 25 years ago and the new headers are different. I had trouble with sbc headers that were purchased 10 years a part and the ones stamped "made in Mexico" did not fit correctly. I have friends with bbc cars and their Hookers fit poorly too. I have since went to Stahl and Lemon's with no issues at all.

Found out Stahl's are NLA and spoke to Lemons and their set-up for my application requires a mini starter,9" brake booster and no room for the back drive.

[bigsixman]

Originally Posted by L78steve

Found out Stahl's are NLA and spoke to Lemons and their set-up for my application requires a mini starter,9" brake booster and no room for the back drive.

I think that I heard that Stahl was purchased by someone else and they use the same jigs and methods of manufacturing.

[bbbentley]

Originally Posted by bigsixman

I think that I heard that Stahl was purchased by someone else and they use the same jigs and methods of manufacturing.

Stahl. Back when I was a pimple faced kid, I would dream of having the "cool" stuff for my car. Stahl was a racing header, as guys on here know. A great high quality piece. Like Lemon today. I wanted a Stahl Jones-Motorola tachdrive tach and headers. Really did not care what brand, just wanted the top quality stuff you would see on your favorite racer's car. Those parts were priced beyond a kid's pay. So, I had to settle for basic Headman Hedders at $40-50 bucks new. Being a "race header, ie: tuned, I doubt that Stahl gave a crap whether a back drive / lock-out would work with their header, IMO. I have messed with BB Camaros (Novas) almost 40 years now and have never seen a full length header, cheap or expensive, that would clear that mentioned linkage.