Forget about brands for a minute. Which type of header tubing configuration is the best? Or is just a matter of opinion?

http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku
http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku

Also is there any benifit to ceramic coated versus painted?

 

ONe is sold as a kit and one is just sold as pair of headers

 

You didn't read my question or misunderstood, so I will rephrase. Which header design is better? Does it make much difference if the tubes go straight into to collector or the one that is an attempt to make all the tubes the same length (however you can tell that one of them is a lot shorter than the rest).

 

That's the ongoing debate for street cars: Are equal length header worth it?
Here are a couple of link to give you some info.

http://www.prototyperacing.com/headinf.htm
http://www.sandersonheaders.com/letsgettech3a.htm