good additional info & very much appreciated for your time/effort. they changed the rules to allow headers, a specific one which was not too pricey but it requires a $390 robbmcperf starter plus the block needs to be ground & I think it might interfere with the kickdown linkage on the side of the trans. I wanted to wire it back but people said a reverse manual VB would be a better way to go plus the ex pipes are limited to 2". all of this had me hold back on a header decision. can I get those cometic gaskets in the pic with just the info on the pkg in the pic?