[The extra bucks gasket you speak of, got any recommendations? The one's I was going to buy will cost me 90 bux at a local parts store?

And the valve seals, any particular ones?

Thanks
That's about the right price range. It should actually come with a set of valve seals. The ones I got were two different seals: one kind for intake, and another for exhaust. I found that the ones for intake (rubber) still allowed leaking, so I got another set (plastic). An additional $20 but worth the piece of mind, and also I haven't had smoke on start-up since.

I don't think you need to send the head out for anything. I'm prone to tell you just reassemble a really clean engine and get what miles are left on it.