Originally Posted by Mdub707

That price doesn't sound bad actually for all that work. I would check to make sure that covers the machine shop work on the heads (I bet it does, but it doesn't hurt to ask).

Now that you mention it I think hypermax does have some crazy headgasket design with crush rings that they say will work fine with standard head bolts. Honestly though... I'd probably still just buy the OEM gaskets and ARP studs. It's not that I don't trust those guys, because they definitely know their stuff, it's more that I just really don't know anyone using that setup and the ARP studs/OEM gaskets has already proven to be a working combo. It looks like their headgasket set is about $475 too... stock headgaskets are probably around $270, and ARP's are around $425 or so... your call.

I would certainly trust this RT repair if Hypermax recommended them. I'm kind of shocked they wont do the work themselves though.

Either way, Ford is typically the most expensive and in my experience the worst at diagnosing these things.