[dtxscott]

Doing a valve adjustment on my '89 Carrera 3.2L recently and noticed pitting on Cyl 2&3 exhaust side cam lobes.

I have the cam housings off the engine and am looking at options on the head studs. Thankfully all are intact but I don't want to re-assemble the engine without addressing the exhaust side head studs.

I plan to go with the 993 studs to keep things simple. This is a stock engine in a bone-stock car.

I also plan to address the exhaust-side valve guides as I get black soot on the back of the car and burn a little oil.

Question1: By pulling the heads, will I be disturbing the cylinder base gasket?
Question 2: Will I need to replace the cylinder base gasket?
Question 3: The Bentley manual indicates to snug the head nuts down by hand then torque the cam housing to the heads.... Then come back and torque the head nuts afterward. Is this the correct?

Thanks for any and all help!