Exhaust gasket replacement failure.

Alright, took everyone's advice. It feels nice and sturdy now.

Once i got it off, i realized that there was no leaking on the exhaust/intake gasket itself. The only leaks were at the heat riser gasket and the exhaust manifold to pipe gasket. Luckily, my bicycle had two flat tires when i needed to get to the store. So, after a 2 hour walk to the store and back on this cloudless 90 degree texas day, i continued.

So, i put some high temp goop on the heat riser and exhaust pipe gasket, replaced that broken stud i was talking about, put the gaskets on and bolted it all up, using the right order.

Now i have to take a break for school stuff and couldn't start it right away. Usually, i just start it up up to enjoy my success, then i had a thought.

That high temp goop says that it will cure in 12-24 hours. If i let it cure, would that make the seals stronger? If so, that could be a 12 hours well spent.

Any thoughts?