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Dougs D-452 vs Hooker 5209
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Anyone test D452s against Hooker 5209s on a dyno or track? Curious if the 5209 being equal length is worth anything, and Dougs also doesnt list a primary length for the 452s at all.
Last edited by GTX MATT; 04/26/23 04:17 PM.
Now I need to pin those needles, got to feel that heat
Hear my motor screamin while I'm tearin up the street
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Re: Dougs D-452 vs Hooker 5209
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04/26/23 06:35 PM
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The only thing I can add here is that the Doug's headers PERFECTLY without beating the tubes up. The only thing I had to do was remove the grease fitting from the pitman arm as it was rubbing against the #5 tube. The coating still looks great after 10 years. Gus 
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Re: Dougs D-452 vs Hooker 5209
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Thanks for the input! Their coating is alot less than Hookers too.
Are you running straight or angled plug heads?
Now I need to pin those needles, got to feel that heat
Hear my motor screamin while I'm tearin up the street
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Re: Dougs D-452 vs Hooker 5209
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Dougs headers are made of heavier gauge steel than the Hookers. To me that is added quality and value.
Keep old mopars alive.
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Re: Dougs D-452 vs Hooker 5209
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Hooker = made in China
I installed a set of D452's on my '66 Coronet 383 4-speed car. The passenger side header needed some work to clean a Lakewood bellhousing. Also a ding on the driver side to clear the pitman zerk like Gus did.
The last set of Hookers I had go resold.
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Re: Dougs D-452 vs Hooker 5209
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Hooker = made in China
I installed a set of D452's on my '66 Coronet 383 4-speed car. The passenger side header needed some work to clean a Lakewood bellhousing. Also a ding on the driver side to clear the pitman zerk like Gus did.
I chose to grind the Lakewood bell rather than hammer the hell out of a coated header !!!
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Re: Dougs D-452 vs Hooker 5209
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How bad is the interference with the Lakewood?
Now I need to pin those needles, got to feel that heat
Hear my motor screamin while I'm tearin up the street
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Re: Dougs D-452 vs Hooker 5209
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Maybe but I have 2 not that old sets of 5209s and neither was made in Asia.
67 Coronet 500 9.610 @ 139.20 mph
67 Coronet 500 (street car) 14.82 @ 94 mph
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