[Ed Wright]

Mike, I have a set of coated Hedman Hustlers that we put a set of Stahl flanges for my SS HeadsUp! heads, that are 1 3/4"-1 7/8" steps you can try & buy if you like them. My LT1 much prefers 1 7/8" no-steps. I started with 1 7/8" Hedman on my 383" street/race engine. More power & faster than my SS 350". All my SS friends around here told me I needed step headers. The 1 7/8" Hedmans hit the ground on hard landings, and hung up backing out of the trailer, needed tucked up closer to the floor of the car. The steps slowed my SS 350" down. I learned Jere Stahl made headers for our model now. Always used Stahl's on my old race cars. Got to know him back then, when the NHRA World Finals were run here at Tulsa. I called Jere, he wanted dyno sheets & time slips. Sent all that. He calls me to tell me "Your car does not want step headers". I had not told him what I found testing them. He had started building steps at that time. I saw so many around here with them, guess my old mind thought that was the new thing I needed. Back-to-backed them, same day, at the track, then thinking it needed tuned differently, a day on the dyno.
Jere said it MIGHT like 1 7/8"-2" steps, but kinda doubted it. Won't say why I no longer have the 1 7/8" Stahl's, but they certainly were faster than the steps I tested.
Ditto "Merge collectors", more wasted money testing that.
Not all SS cars like the same thing. Different cylinder head shops & different cams, etc.
if your header plates have the Stahl bolt pattern, I can send you these Hedman 1 3/4"-1 7/8" steps. Have to use your own collectors. Could save you wasting money like I did.
I could meet you somewhere with them, or ship them. Maybe your 327" will like them.