my biggest worry was he was gonna cover the repair...by October! you really did right by him. what heads were they?

Also interested in what heads they are, please .???

Promaxx heads.

I told him i hadnt heard good things about em but he said he uses em alot and never had a problem. I guess im the llucky phucker who gets to go first

NEW ISSUE NOW:
this phucking thing wont hold pressure. It will build up and steadily falls. I replaced both crosser gaskets and used the right stuff on both sides of gasket then let it cure for over an hour (said can be used immediatly). I can hear the air escaping in the motor if i put my ear to the oil fill on the valve cover.

I am so unbelievably pissed right now.

Take the intake manifold off. Get another manifold gasket. Fab 4 plates to block water passages on heads. Wood or steel. Wood you can do easy by holding them under intake and drilling thru. Bolts with fender washers and a couple of pennies under the low side to compensate for the bolt angle. Use sealer and bolt intake gaskets on. NOW pressure test engine. You hear hissing? Spray soap under heads at gasket edge. No hissing or pressure loss? It is the intake.

Dowel pins. To long????? Omg hope not

^^^Had some heads that the dowel pin receiver holes where not machined correct and this happened.^^^^

Had a 502 (they have blind bolt holes in the block) that the head bolts where a tad too long and bottomed out before properly squeezing the headgaskets.

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I have had the head bolts bottom out before the gasket is properly compressed.
Take the valve covers off, Are there washers under the head bolt heads? IF there are remove one bolt at a time and remove the washer and then put the bolt back in.
Does the bolt get tight before it hits the head. IF it does the bolt is too long. IF they are too long I have ground off just a little before - I don't know if this is proper but on a stock engine I don't believe it would be a problem. Put sealant on the bolt and re torque it. Then do the next.

Check all around head between deck and cylinder head face with shim make sure it's the same allege way around

Good point. I think I'll go go have a heart attack now

wondering if the angle is off on the intake due to head machining or gasket thickness, still favor the intake gasket for this type issue