TTi step vs. 340 manifolds

And if you swap to headers and you have stock exhaust tips if they are anything like what was on my '69 they choke like 1 1/2" inner diameter which is not going to flow what so ever.

I take a chopsaw, and buck the tapered inlet off at a size that fits over my tailpipe, and weld a suitably sized new inlet onto the "tip" .