ah - good snooping, but alas, the Taurus was born and raised in Pennsylvania (for 7 years) so It's seen the salt & snow, it moved to retire in sunny CA

hehe - not bustin on ya

but anyways, these aren't headers... an my Dad is a metallurgist (for 38 years) as well
http://www.kreher.com - just a tidbit...
anyways, the SS would definitely have a racier sound, the hardness of those pipes really rings out the tones....