Ok, I was curious, so I bought a ebay special stainless-steel header. Got it in the mail yesterday and was amazed at the exhaust exiting at the flange. I stumbled across a DC Sports header on here last night while looking for tq specs.
Here is a DC sports:
Now here is the ebay special that I got in the mail:

I'm not looking for a pity party, because I already expected semi-shit, but just informing anyone out there thinking about getting one...I'd reconsider. What effect would those kinds of exits have? Minimal?
EDIT: Posted outside welding pics further down:
http://www.zilvia.net/f/showpost.php...9&postcount=26