headers or not to headers

IIRC, you can bolt in a set of rear dump cheapie Magnum manifolds from a Jeep Cherokee or Dakota I think. It was a while ago I read that article. They flow very well, much better than the 318 log styles, and will clear the sterring shaft with a minor grinding IIRC. I always liked the el cheapo Hedmans/DynoMax/whoever they are this week. You need to upgrade the hardware to 1/4" longer bolts to kep the coolant from leaking by, and I use a large flat file to make sure the flanges are flat. You do loose ground clearance, but even in CT, I really had to hit something large to flatten them more than 1/4" per tube.