Hooker

In 1962 Gary Hooker designed a header for his new 409 Chevrolet. He immediately found a demand for this header from other racers in the area. It was not long before Gary had hired employees & was operating Hooker Headers out of a building in South Ontario, CA. The Hooker philosophy was simple - make real, useable power by balancing the intake & exhaust pressure waves. This efficiently expelled all the burnt gases while drawing in the maximum fresh charge of fuel & air. The Hooker team would sometimes spend twice as much time developing a header to find 10% better performance. Hooker still holds tight to the claim of the winningest header in drag racing history. Hooker still leads the way in design & technology with products like engine swap headers for putting a late model LS engine into early iron. Hooker still leads the way in coating processes with the recent introduction of "Darksides" black ceramic.
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