I'll believe what
ARP tells me before any magazine article. 95ft.lbs should only be used if it is a 1/2 inch stud, which 351w's have.
Assuming the block was decked in the proper machine, its kinda hard to screw it up without noticing. Now if someone set it up in an endmill and took cuts with a 1" cutter, thats a different story. I really doubt its the block, or the heads. I think its just bad luck. Oh yeah, and the junk fel pro head gaskets. I always use Cortecos on my N/A stuff. They are excellent gaskets, and priced real reasonably. I buy complete engine gasket sets for $70.
Andy