G Body Buick 350 headers.

[MrSony]

Hey all. I was wondering if any of you have any experience with stuffing headers into a g body with a SBB 350 (Mine is an '85 regal with the 231 as of now). I have heard good things about the Doug's Headers, and the Hooker 1103HKR headers.

Which would you guys think would be best, and which is of the better quality?
I do know that the cheaper pair of Doug's headers I want aren't coated, but the Doug's pair comes with reducers, but the Hooker pair does not which would be 40$ on top of the 470$ price tag (both cost ~470). But the hooker set is pre painted from the get-go, so I wouldn't have to worry about rust right away. What are your thoughts?
These would be bolted to a ~250, 300 horse (hopefully 😀) Buick 350. Stock heads, valve job, .469 lift cam and stock cleaned up Q-Jet with stock intake, bored .030 over and it'd go into 2.5 inch dual exhaust with flowmaster Super 10 mufflers.
Any insight is appreciated.

 

[RegalBegal]

I havent done it myself. But, everything I've read points to Buick 350 headers in a Gbody have clearance issues. Even more so than the 455. I'd check with TA performance about fitment.

 

[565bbchevy]

Typically headers that come painted are only done for shipping purposes to make it to your door without rusting, most of those paints will burn off very quickly after you fire up your engine they need to be taken down to bare metal and either painted with the proper high heat paint or coated.