yes I have run them. I ran them last year, made about 50 passes at the strip...tore it down this winter to have a look--all was well. I didn't think to look at the gaskets though. Ran it 2 weeks ago, a screw came out of the throttle body valve and went down the motor....so I pulled it apart and got the screw out, everything else looked great. Still didn't think to check the gasket, though. I just fired it last night and all seems "normal". Hard to tell anything when it's just idling in the driveway--and I don't get to run it long (no mufflers) because the neighbors don't really appreciate the noise.

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record breaking '75 Maverick bracket car 2 time track champion, '84 Mustang LX bracket car, '78 Fairmont Futura, '86 Merkur XR4Ti, '95 F250 PSD, 00 F150, '03 SVT Lightning (DSG) #888