I just came back in from taking the drivers side head off. It was pretty much the same story as the passenger side, just not as bad. It looks like I am going to get out of this with just some gaskets.
I did check into what my pressures should be and it looks like with an 8.2 to 1 engine like I have my cylinder pressure should be about 155 psi. So the 168 was not that far out of line.
Here are a couple of photos of the drivers side.
Jack
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