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When you mount your headers, get some regular old Teflon tape and put it on the header bolts, that hold the headers to the block. This little thing will keep the header bolts from backing out (as many do) and when you remove the bolts later, the threads are clean and ready for the next bolt insertion. I have been doing this for years and it really works. There are many products on the market for header bolts working loose, but this is a sure fire deal. The last set of headers that I put in this way was four years ago and they are still in smooth and tight. The tape does not burn and it lasts. I am runnig the old Cyclone ceramic headers on my show truck and they are standing up real well, they have the three bolt flanges. I use Fel-pro gaskets for my headers and collectors with a coating of "Copper Coat" sealer on them. The gaskets stand up rather well and I have very few leakage problems on the collectors. I have had zero leaks on the heads, in the last few years.