[Half-Inch Stud]

I gave up on the Indianhead shellac sealer. Good stuff but the Silicone (Black, copper, clear) is just too easy to slap things together.

Avoid the Blue and Gray silicones. The limited tubes that I had were always difficult. Blue seems to harden too soon. Gray seemed to never fully cure.

Be sure to play tricks like only sealing the Valve cover gaskets to the valvecovers, and rely on a dry-seal onto the heads.

Seal the valley cover gasket to the valley cover, not the block.

Seal the Intake gaskets to the heads.

Seal the oilpan gasket to the oil pan. If you feel lucky (Street only, no rod bearing inspections) then seal to the block too.

Seal the distributor gasket to the distributor.

Toss the O-ring seals from the intake valve retainers. Use Umbrella seals on the Intake Valveguides (find a way to Lock them into place).

H.I. Stud