1 3/4" Headers Verses 1 7/8" on a Healthy 408....Is There a Big Difference??

There was a good thread on Speedtalk a while back:1 5/8” headers and 500hp? - Don Terrill’s Speed-Talk

This quote was interesting:
"Chris at C & S Performance "radically detuned" our best / fastest SBC442cid that made 816 HP @ 8200-8300 RPM
to around 670's to 680's HP with 1 5/8ths Headers + less Cam , i think less Comp Ratio , Carb CFM "


He later states its 640 HP
Custom 1 5/8 with 4" collectors, those ain't no dougs/tti headers.