I was just wondering about the differences between the hooker and pacesetter headers for a 97 lt1.

 

theres a thread on here with pics of both...alota peoiple say pacesetters look stronger thicker walls, flanges i think they are better...but i have hookers

 

Honestly it will come down to price. Which one you can get the best deal on. The differences are minimal.

 

I don't know about the Hookers, but my Pacesetters still have not shipped and it will be 2 months since I ordered them on April 6th.

 

$200 for used hookers + ypipe. I took the hookers.

Y pipe got chopped up and the the flanges reused.

 

The main thing that geared me to get the Pacesetters over the Hookers was that Pacesetter makes a pair of long tubes that have the EGR and AIR fittings on it.

 

I would honestly go with the jethott over either of those, coated headers are way better than the uncoated, that is unless you are getting a deal on coated pacesetters

 

I don't think the coating makes much of a difference on the LTs.

Pacesetter has certainly improved their image and quality over the years.
Hooker has always made a great product
Kooks makes what are arguably considered the best headers available.

 

Between Hooker and Pacesetter I would get coated Pacesetter's. Good quality for less than other manufacturers. I am currently running uncoated Pacesetter's and I love them, only thing I would change would be to get them coated.

 

Damn.. where did you order from? I ordered my Pacesetters on Tuesday and they are in my hands today.. Summit Racing.

 

I have Hooker LTs and I love em. I got them coated by a local machine shop with a spay-on aluminum coating. Look kick *** and the aluminum helps disapate some heat. I also love the way the Hookers sound, they have the famous Hooker rack back when you let off at 3000+rpm, I find my self wasting gas just to hear it. lol