Head gasket/bolt reusable?

[SS_Malibu]

I voted to reuse neither and here's why:
For me, while I'm not rich and don't have piles of money being guarded by guys with machine guns, I'd rather spend a little more now then risk having to do it a second time. I've never been a big risk taker and sometimes that may cost a bit more but I'm OK with that. It's like replacing the evaporator when I did the heater core. I'm there now, let's just do that too. I know you'll make the decision you feel most comfortable with.

 

[87National]

I was gonna post this in the downfall of society thread but I didn't wanna shitpost @Built6spdMCSS thread.
So im not poor, but I'm cheap. Should/can I reuse this head gasket N/A? And the head bolts, would you reuse them? They dont look that crooked.

I would reuse both if going NA.....if boosted I would use ls9 gaskets and reuse head bolts.

 

[78Delta88]

Working at the Dealership in the earlier days was a little eye opening. Head bolts reused all the time. We did always change gaskets. No fancy pre-lubes or other stuff, 30W and it's in bulk... Most Head bolts are somewhere around 200,000 psi tensile so can be reused but still not preferred.