You have to be INSANE to have long-tube headers on a big-block A-body Mopar!

i'm hoping the mini-starter that i ordered from Summit will have more space between it and the header. i'm going to NAPA tomorrow to get a Pitman Arm puller. i think i can get the driver side header down out of the car with the drag link and Pitman Arm out of the way. i also noticed that whomever installed these headers ran the starter wire through the header and put the wire in an asbestos/heat (?) sock of some kind. i'm going to find a better way to route the starter wires than to go through the middle of the hot header tubes.
The best way (IMO) is to grab new words. Route the battery cable and the starter relay wire straight to the fire wall following the factory wiring (secure along the way) under the master cylinder, down to / or under the steering column to the bell housing (secure it there) then back towards the starter.