Jafro-

Thanks for the awesome post, that helped me out a lot What is the Viton gasket, is that the stock one? Also, my car has 80k on it, so I'm just going to replace it anyway to be safe.
How long do you think it would usually take to polish the valve cover. I'm assuming I start with low grit, then work up to high grit, then hit the polishing wheels? Also, I think that my valve cover is just the bare aluminum. Here is a pic