I have looked through a lot of threads on headers and im still having a hard time deciding. My car is a 2002 gt 4.6l, 5 speed

It’s between BBK and MAC's LT’s please don’t bring up any other brands in this thread. And serious input only please. I will be buying ceramic coated with what ever brand I buy.

I was at first leaning toward MAC's, but then a buddy of mine had to replace the gaskets 2 times, and told me the fitment of the MAC's sucked and he wished he got BBK..Is this common with the MACS? I don’t have time for to be replacing gaskets all the time. I then was leaning toward BBK because of that, and then I saw how the #7 primary is bent and didn’t really like that. So now im leaning back toward the MAC’s?

What brand sits lower to the ground?

What brand fits better?

My 2002 is a 5 speed, do both MAC and BBK not allow you to remove the tranny?

Later on I might be swapping to an auto or a 6 speed, with this be a problem? Would I have to get new headers?

Is there different headers for different trans? Auto specific, 5 speed specific or 6 speed specific headers?

Any one who has installed both, or that has one brand and switched to another with good input would be very very helpfull, thanks

Jon