hey all, another long over due update. I have the Verada progressing well towards roadworthy status, I've finally gotten around to pulling the heads to give a freshen up, i had a few surprises in store for me starting with a known leak at the rear bank exhaust manifold, I was thinking it was just a dud gasket but it was the rear bank manifold with a big crack in the gooch of runners 2 and 4. and on the front bank both studs has snapped at cylinder 5, but there is no corrosion in both heads however, and the cylinder bores have healthy amount of cross hatching, I'm going to let a machine shop clean, check, machine and put the new valve stem oil seals in. And for the exhaust I'll see if I can find another manifold, but if a set of extractors comes up for a fair price I'll put them in instead.