Thanks for the feedback everyone. I used FelPro Perma Torque head gaskets and did spray them with the Permatex copper coating. I actually removed the studs from the heads because I used the split lock bolts from Summit, since the Hooker headers offer very little space when tightening the bolts around the pipe bends. This is how I found out the the first and last bolt on each head actually go into the water jacket. When I first started the engine I had coolant leaking from the rear header bolt on the passenger side. It turned out I had forgotten to tighten the center pin on the summit split lock bolts, which actually prevents them from coming loose and is where the coolant was leaking from. Once this happened I did remove both first and last bolts on each head to add some thread sealer and made sure to torque them down properly.
Now as I am writing this I wonder if any of the coolant that was leaking from that bolt spilled into the passenger side header. I think I will run the engine today and see if the white smoke it unique to that header only.
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