Manifolds or Headers?

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We could go round and round all day long.I`ve always put headers on my trucks and that was the first thing we all did with our trucks.Were we stupid or just not all technical back then?They sure seemed to run better.RV owners ran them for some reason,too.My engine builder throws manifolds away.I don`t hate them.But,I have had more trouble from them than headers over time...none with headers and three trucks with fatigued manifolds.Yeah,they were originals.But,that`s all I`d use.If I buy it`s headers.What ever you do in the future,you`re set.I change motors and leave the exhaust.Headers will never hurt performance,that`s for sure.When the factory builds a performance motor they design manifolds like headers.Look at Viper & Vette manifolds,etc.I like a tube per hole.Get that gas outta there.That`s what exhaust is all about.
I sell manifolds to lower the cost of my headers.Guys throw away stock intakes to buy ill fitting aftermarket manifolds for no to little benefit,yet argue over headers and ramshorns.Go figure.The same principles argued are true in both cases.That`s my take.