well.. since I am being faced with having to pull the head off again.. (by now I am a pro at is ) I might as well put in new head studs, cams studs, and new head gasket. I am thinking I am also going to have the head xrayed/checked for leaks as I did not do this when I had it machined (had no idea they could do this). Part of me is hoping the head is cracked so I can convert this engine to LS/VTEC Thanks for the ARP suggestion I am going to buy some now.

"Does your car over heat or run hotter than normal? did you torque the head down to spec?"

It seems to run a normal operating temperature. I torque'd the head down to specs in a chilton book. If anyone can point me to a link with the torque specs that would be appreciated.