Looking for advice, BB headers vs. HP manifolds

AndyF said

For a street car I focus on fit. What fits the best, what looks the best, what allows be to change plugs and maintain the engine. For a race car I'd worry about power.

These threads are full of people who have street cars but think they have race cars. That confusion causes most of the problems.

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The only thing I'd add about fit is I don't care how much effort it is to get a good fitting header on. I want it to fit once it's in there. And be able to get to the spark plugs without being a contortionist and using 3 extentions and 2 universals. And I don't want to change valve gover gaskets tow or three times a year.

There are some things I'd never do. One is use a fender well header. Big time power killers. Plus I hate hacking the crap out of a car for headers that don't work, don't fit very well and make the engine compartment look nasty.

The other thing is use an off the shelf cam with manifolds. And cam grinder can work around manifolds and not give up as much power as you would with FW headers.