TTI Small Block Shorty Header Install

Gents,
To add to this discussion, I just installed my rebuilt stroker 360 in my 1974 Duster(auto, floor shift, manual steering) today along with a a set TTI shorties. The overall quality, instructions and ease of install was pretty straight forward with minimal, "fuss." But when we had them installed, I was thinking the the driver's side header was maybe for a different model car(maybe with manual trans or power steering etc..) since the outlet terminates about 1-1/2 to 2" just above the space btwn the torsion bar and the frame rail. (I tried to called Mancini where I bought them to verify, but they had closed.) But now,...after reviewing this string and pics, it appears this is the correct configuration and the down-pipe on that side simply has to make an EXTREMEly tight 90-deg bend to pass on the inside of the torsion bar. (As "abodyjoe" commented earlier in his June19,2018 post, the bend looks pretty tight/extreme....) I agree.
Seems to me it would have made a LOT more sense to terminate that header at the gap between the starter and the torsion rod. That way, the down-pipe could proceed nearly straight downward with a gentle ~70-75-deg bend heading rearward. Any ideas why TTi chose to make that bend so tight? There is plenty of room on that side of engine bay to angle it away from the torsion bar completely, and still the clear the starter by a few inches. JUST wondering?
I did NOT buy the full exhaust system from TTI but I expect the local exhaust shop with be able to make a down-pipe that will work.
-Scott