Originally posted by Don Shillady
So what you are saying is that the shorty headers do not give as much performance improvement as longer tubes? If that is so then maybe the ram-type headers are just as good and the only thing of interest is the ease of fit in a narrow frame.

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder
Pretty much. The tubular headers will still give you some benefit, depending on what the rest of your set-up is, just because of the smoothness of the inside of the tube. Especially if they're coated with ceramic like Pat noted. Here's an article that has some good info; http://www.chevyhiperformance.com/techarticles/49178/

Pat, one thing to be aware of with the cast Sandersons, there's a left and a right, they're slightly different. The reason I bring this up is that my bride bought me a set for my '32 a few years ago as a Christmas present (ain't she wonderful!). Sanderson has them drop shipped from the coater. The coater probably has some low cost shipping department grunt who neither knows, nor cares, that they're different. I got two of the same side. When they didn't clear the steering I got to looking at their catalog closer and noticed the difference. A phone call to Sanderson confirmed that they were different, but I had one heck of a time convincing them that they had shipped me two of the same side. I guess they assume that their customers are too dumb to know the difference. After taking some abuse from some guy who claimed to be the manager, and who insisted I pay the freight so they could correct their mistake, we came to an agreement.........................after I re-educated him on what a credit card chargeback was. Anyway, the upshot is I agree with you, coated inside and out is best. The Sanderson product is top notch, good quality stuff. Their customer service?............Maybe dealing through a customer oriented dealer would be a better solution.