Rocker arm stud removal

[sleeperstang]

I forgot to mention that I am planning on doing the porting myself. I was also thinking of going with bigger valves, but I'll have to see what the machine shop thinks about letting me buy the chevy valves (Ford Performance by Pat Ganahl mentions this).

As far as milling the pedestals, the machine shop guy told me that I can use a set of studs that don't have the stud nut on it, so I could skip that part together (including the expense). The heads are '66 289 heads so they have the 1/2" pushrod hole instead of the slot, so I'll definitely have to use guide plates. If I have to use longer push rods, that's fine too, MPR-281 are melling push rods with .060" more length than the standard pushrod.

Unfortunately, I don't have any spare headers, so do you have a recommended gasket for the exhaust side? This is going to be a street engine, with tri-y headers (which I already have, just haven't installed them, so I'm looking for a not-so-big gasket.

Thanks!