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Ran way better from the driveway for about 10mins , then the last half of the drive these symptoms got worse and worse. Stumbling when braking (especially braking hard) to a stoplight, hesitation at part throttle. I wish I could attach a video, there’s a sound pretty close to what an manifold exhaust leak sounds like near cylinders 6/8.

PO “rebuilt” the engine by employing his brother “mechanic”. They put it on an engine stand, pulled off the valve covers, spark plugs, headers, didn’t cover anything but the intake valley with a piece of cardboard, and spray painted the
Block orange. See the collage. The valve photos are in order from cylinder 2-8. I’m feeling like cylinder 8’s umbrella looks quite crooked.