Update.... i got the new headgasket from cometic yesterday (they tod me they didnt wanna say to me just run it again & then have a problom so they sent me a new one for 60 bucks shipped! good deal for a 90 dollar gasket to begin with!) & got er buttoned up last night & fired it! runs f#$&en AWSOME! took it for a 50 mile 65mph drive after work today & ran great! (even though it was 17 deg here today!:wack:) worked just fine. & so far the felpro 1243's are holding. had to egg shape the bolt holes to make them work with my small bolt intake heads but seems good to go. So hopefuly im done with the motor for a very long time!!