Header Design........ hooker on top?

[myk]

I don't care for any of the shorty designs, might as well keep manifolds.

Do shorty headers not perform that much better than stock manifolds? 

[Ghoste]

They certainly flow better, how much depends on the manifold in comparison.  For me personally if I am going to hassle of changing them over I want a better gain than the shorty's will give in a lot of applications.

[Kern Dog]

If there are any headers that are built to fit only engines using the stock starter and NOT any mini starter, it may be because of the position of the solenoid. I had a set of Doug Thorley A body small block headers that were that way.