Header selection budget

Cometic gaskets are the bomb.
On the cheap headers the #3 pipe blocks decent access to the #5 and #7 plugs. Have fun pulling the plugs or trying when they are hot. Can't get a compression checker on those two either. The cheap headers hang under the steering on the driver side and unless you have the front end up in the air like an old time gasser, they are going to hit and drag. Save for TTI or Doug's.
This is what my cheapies looked like when they came off. Pretty sure there is a bit of a restriction there, Roadkill's testing be damned.

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All bull crap! I change my spark plugs no problem... Compression check no problem.. I've had my headers on for 5 years and not one scratch on the bottom of them....
even if I can directly look straight at my spark plug I don't try and change it when it's red hot... Who the hell does that.,