I'm in the same boat man, I'm thinking about ordering headers sometime soon (Kooks or QTP) but I don't know what to get. People claim that 1 7/8 are making power even over the 1 3/4, but I haven't seen a graph yet. I'm not going to do nitrous though, just a "healthy" heads/cam setup. If you are going to do nitrous, I would definately go 1 7/8, but this is JMO and I have NO EXPERIENCE with these headers.
The best advice I can give you though is to check the dyno results for a thread about 1 3/4 vs. 1 7/8 soon to come, and check the Sponsors GP section, because QTP is about to run a special and will save you some money if you wait just a little longer.