Need Help With Headers

Good day all,

I know that I am not an active member around here, but I do read through the forum here a lot. You guys have always given me the best advice whenever I've I come here to ask something. So, I have returned with a new problem.

I recently came into some money and found a guy who will put long-tube headers on my car for pretty cheap. Around $500 for the labor. This will include recutting the custom mid-pipe for my car to fit the new headers. Don't worry, this is the same guy who installed my custom exhaust work in the first place.

I found a deal on some BBK headers, but I am ignorant about the differences in them. There are chrome, stainless, and ceramic versions offerred. Now, the ceramic I understand would be the best for obvious reasons. However, the difference in price between stainless and chrome is enough to have caught my eye, but I don't know what the advantage would be to stainless over chrome. I don't have enough to get the ceramics, but I can get the other two.

The ceramics run just over $500, the stainless for about $430, and the chrome about $310.

Can anyone suggest what they would do here?? I need all you 'Stang-savy folks to help a brother out here. Thanks in advance.

Okay, this sounds just like what I was thinking. Thanks for the responses. I do appreciate it very much.

My next question is this then. Would you use stainless?? I am trying to stay within a certain budget here, and going ceramic, although the best choice, will be outside the budget, where the stainless will be just about do-able. Would I loose anything by saving the extra bucks and going stainless??

Can anyone offer some insight into the stainless type?? I'm just curious about y'alls opinion on them.