Quote Originally Posted by RedEj8
Oh and MLS head gaskets are reusable. If you take the head off make sure you clean the block and head surfaces very good.

As for the head gasket, drill out the rivets and take the layers apart and clean any remaining viton(the black stuff) off with acetone or similar. Spray each metal layer with copper spray front and back. Let them get tacky or even dry and you can just stick them back together and throw the motor back together.
We dont recommend using mls headgaskets twice. It has been done and has been known to work. If you take it apart, clean it completely, and use copper spray that will give you the best shot.

We have put headstuds that are recommended to be 85 ft/lbs at 100 ft/lbs on our personal shop cars with no problems. They were the 7/16 arp studs and arp moly was applied to all threaded surfaces and the top and bottom of the sealing washer so there was minimal friction.