hi im purchasing an 85 iroc tpi here in a couple days and i want to put a set of hooker 2055's on. so i called the mechanic i usually use to get a price quote and he told be that its a bad idea because they make the floor boards extremely hot and they bottom out when you go over bumps. now he didnt specify if he was talking about long tubes or shorties, but can someone let me know what they think. because i was planning on the hooker 2055's with a new exhaust kit. cuz from what read on this website here it seems like alot of you guys have gotten headers and no ones mentioned these problems. thanks.

 

He'd be talking about long tubes. You could have shorties on a car and never know it was any different from stock, as far as heat and clearance are concerned.

 

yeah that's what i was thinking too, thanks for the reassurance

 

as far as bottoming out goes it wont be your headers to hit first. but your floor boards do get pretty hot. most people just live with it i think. i wouldnt go with shorties though

 

Go with the shorties. You can wrap them or get them coated to fend off some of the heat.

 

I was going with the shorties regardless lol. then maybe in the fall some heads in the fall and ill be satisfied.