So, you’re doing 10x the amount of work to make your scamp handle like a truck so you don’t have to dimple some headers? Except you’ll probably have to custom make your headers. Thinking truck headers will bolt right up in your scamp with a Dakota crossmember is beyond wishful thinking.
There’s a dozen people in this thread that posted they had no issues at all with their headers. And one that had a terrible time for a still undetermined reason. Seems like you’re cherry picking the answer you want to hear to justify a decision you’ve already made.