Horse Sense:In 1998, during one of Ford's never-ending production-line changes, the tailpipe hanger was changed from the standard '94-'98 style to the '99 style (hanger parallel to the tailpipe).

Enforcing it is like shoveling back the tide, but J Bittle has held a trademark on "Shorties," as in shorty headers, since the late '80s. That ought to tell you how long he's been in the mandrel-bent ...

Without doubt, one of man's greatest delights is to experience firsthand the stereo staccato of an exhaust system trumpeting the sound of a high performance engine being controlled by an expert touch ...