Man, I Dig the way You think. I mean, if it's a driver, and Ya goes very ta work, fix it and go, but if yer workin' on it to Ride Out later? Get er Done Now, and Done Right, the FIRST DARN TIME!
No thanks.lol
Not me. I base pulling the other head on the condition of the 1st one pulled. If the seats n guides are shot..THEN you pull the other one. If the other side isnt leaking..as in ..if it ain't broke...dont fix it...otherwise..you making more work and having less fun.
Maybe op will try removing them when they are still warm the next on...and maybe that saves him. I'm guessing the stud should have been made moly bolts long ago and or the headers are what newly changed that.
Exh studs are always a headache. I dont use them. I learned with slant 6 engines how bad they are and much of a pain in the *** when they break. I started using Pontiac oil pan stud kits that have a rounded end on them so you can't screw the threads up as you put your intake and exhaust on either ...again made of moly steel...and they don't break.. Fine thread too so they clamp far better. Anyhow...a machine shop can mount that head to the table and run a drill press centered with a small carbide to start it...or they'll just torch it out...or maybe theyll wels a tit onto it 'more possible out of the car' and turn it.