Doug's headers fittment

Before I installed Doug's on my '73 Dart, the A518 oilpan was the lowest item under the car, and I set the rideheight to that... Now it's the collectors by another /12" - 5/8".
I wasn't pleased to see that after installation but there's not much you can change about it at that point.

The JetHot coating is a joke.
Installed the headers late in the year, and just 1 very mild winter with some occassional roadsalt has completely stripped the coated from the lower 1/3 of the headers.
Looks like bare rusted metal now.

Not wanting to dimple header tubes or anything, I had a hell of a time positioning the engine in its mounts properly so the tubes didn't touch the torsion bars anywhere. Access to the rightside engine mount bolt was the biggest problem actually.
I even 'pulled together' the collector ends a little when welding the X-pipe down the line, as to gain it bit more clearance at the torsion bars...
This worked fine for a couple of months, then things settled down or something and now the right side header is touching the torsion bar sometimes, which gives an annoying rattle sound whenever there's a slight load on the engine.

The engine mounts are the bushing type, and control the engine very nicely, but apparantly clearance has become so tight at the tubes that it still manages to contact the torsion bar.