Super Jim,
It sounds like great news on everything except the heads, and if that is the only cost for nearly 200K miles of sevice, that seems pretty reasonable. The valves weren't sodium-filled, so a bit of wear-and-tear was understandable. The new Teflon valve stem seals will get you another 200K out of the top-end, and maybe a bit longer with Mobil 1! Seems like BA was mostly right about your engine! You are getting out cheaper than my brother-in-law did a week ago on his '87 Suburban 'work car' ... $2800+ to rebuild the engine with similar miles! No fun factor, either! Just an ugly gray Chevy truck!
Maybe a tube of $100+ Dow Corning RTV 730 is justified at this point, to keep all of the Mobil 1 in place for the future. After all, your Alusils came through shiny and proud ... and you aren't having to spend those big Mahle $$$. As you already know ... things could have been a lot worse!
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Warren Hall, Jr.
1973 911S Targa ... 'Annie'
1968 340S Barracuda ... 'Rolling Thunder'
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