WHich Header??

I would really recommend biting the bullet and buying the headers you want the first time. This is not a job you want to do twice.

Go with the stock manifolds for camshaft break-in to spare the coating.

Due to indecisiveness, I have actually had several different header solutions. I ended up going with Hooker Comps with the black coating (buy bare headers and get the coating done afterward, they do a crappy job. Lesson learned). I probably should have stuck with the Super Comps, but fabbing the rest of the exhaust behind them would have been more of a hassle. I think the Super Comps would have been much easier to get on the car though. Definitely easier to work around for spark plugs and what not.

I had a set of TTi, and really was not impressed by them. Their price is based on the fact that they are the easiest header to install and that's it. I found the workmanship to be sub-par for a header with that kind of price. There are bad kinks in the tubes at the flange, necking down well below the advertised diameter (serious horsepower killer). The ports on the header matched up to the gasket and ports on the cylinder head very poorly also. This would either have caused leaks or also killed horsepower.

I have not tried the Doug's.

The Hookers do hang a little low below the steering, but it is right behind the tire, so go slow, avoid potholes and roadkill and you should be fine. I run a 26" tall tire on the front and so far have had no issues with dragging.

Also, one of the tubes, goes up on the Comps and really blocks access to plugs #5 and #7, and causes the risk of burnt wires, not to mention fingers. I recommend wires with what are called 135* boots for those cylinders. I'm running some of the DEI burn resistant plug boots on those two wires also.

Steve