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Head Gasket...Need Advice..

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97GTSTANG

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Well, there is oil in the coolant and a some coolant in the oil. Since the heads will be out, i was thinking of port and polish and cams. Whatelse do you all suggest i do to put some power into it. The car has 130K miles, I do not want any power adders. What cams do you all suggest. I am looking not to spend more than $2000 for the whole setup. The tech will do the gasket change for $600. So i have $1400 for cams and port and polish. Will new valves do anything? Should i do anything with the block?

Thanks for advice...
 

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