Stopping the knock: Lower compression and ported heads...

I ordered the Cometics on Sunday night. The Summit site listed the gaskets as being in stock and ready to ship. I'm in California and the nearest Summit store is 2 hours away. It turns out that the gaskets are shipped from Cometic back east somewhere and they have to be made to order. This means that I will not get them before the middle of next week.
I ordered ARP head bolts too. I figured that since I had 5 or 6 uses from these bolts I should get new ones.
The car has been sitting idle for 2 months. I missed out on the great driving conditions of the early fall. I really should get the heater working in the car once its running again.