Thanks for all the confidence guys! Al, you are the MAN!!! You know what's mine is also yours and when you or Steven want to race my car it's all yours. He's a fricken bada$$ by the way...
Dropped the heads off with Angie tonight and she will tune them up proper. Should have 'em back by Thursday, I gotta get busy. Shout out to Dave's Machine and Mopar Engines West for accommodating my last minute needs.
I was planning on tacking the gaskets up with copper seal keeping my fingers crossed. I will get the engine out this winter and give it a proper freshen up and then probably sell it or maybe the whole shebang. I am dropping in a fresh set of roller lifters and resealing the intake which needed to be done anyway. Should make a little more vacuum. It's amazing to me that this little 493 has been so great. It's a happy camper and I am pretty ashamed of not taking better care of it in the fuel department. I'm glad it wasn't a complete meltdown lesson.