ok so it turned out that two of the valves were burnt out and stuck, on cylinder 5 and cylinder 7
had to have the headers pulled off and sent to a machine shop
everything is polished and cleaned and replaced now
engine is now cleaned out too
and high temp brake fluid while they were at it
total was $1400 for rebuilt headers, all new gaskets and hoses, new spark plugs and wires, cleaned distributor cap, replaced all fuel injectors, oil change filter, coolant flush and refill, brake fluid.
runs better than ever