Headers

AJ/FormS said
If you run a cam with a lot of overlap( like 55 to 75 degrees) to make some decent top-end power; the log manifolds will cost you most of that Fifth Cycle. So then you may still get the sound of the big cam out the tailpipes, but the power ain't there.
But if your overlap is less than 30/35 then a header won't contribute that much to horsepower. But you'll still get a good increase in torque.
Between 35 and 55, it's all compromise, with headers always doing better.
Making 'em fit is just hotrodding, it is IMHO, what makes us HotRodders.

If you got a pan like this, (I do) you better either make a skidplate for it, or don't drive like I do; I crashed that thing into a few things and after brazing up the cracks a FEW times, l finally had to take it off to fix it properly. PITA.My skidplate only took a few hours to make.
There is NO WAY I would install under-the-draglink headers. And
there is also NO WAY I would install log manifolds.
That only leaves one choice; above the steering and thru the bottle-neck.

Check out this K, I wonder what caused all those scratches, and dimples? Mine looks worse,lol.

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Since you posted my picture I though I would comment. This is the same K member on all these pictures. his k member was rusted bad so I installed the k member on the gold Demon from my Orange Duster . The K member came from this car. and still have to tell you there are no scatches just one dent. That is even the pan off of my orange duster. What you see is road dirt, coolant, and paint marks from the k-member cradle. They are probably the only things that didn't get destroyed.

You see the concrete slab on the ground. There were two and they both had big blue US mail boxes mounted to them. They were sitting about where my truck is parked. Don't use my pictures to make a story. That gold Demon was just here yesterday. And it still only has one dent in the K-member from the accident.

I insall a lot of headers on a lot of cars. I have not found any that didn't have some type of fitment problem. Stainless is my choice due to the fact that there is no coating to rub off. It only take one spot and eventually it will rust through. Both these cars above had steel mounts. Motors were where they belonged