awww, the plot thickins all depends. if it's high miles then yes it's best to do the headgasket too.
heck a valve job would not hert anything. and 22re heads do crack. heck just pull the 22re and drop in a 350 chev. I'm sure white trash will give ya some pointers there! any way the truble with older anything is they need work. as a rule better safe than sorry.

Well, its my sons car and he doesnt have the money for the new head so Im thinking its kinda between whether to replace the cam shaft and all the rockers or the cam shaft and only the 2 rockers...
and whether he does it here in Seattle or takes it back to his home town (200 miles away) and has a mechanic there (who hes going to call on Monday to get a cost) do it? 
The mechanic here is definitely too expensive, so theres got to be another way.

Were going to get the Chilton manual out of the car today (left it in at the shop, but its sitting outside where he can get to it) so we can take a look at what fits on what... what bone is connected to what bone, and which step follows which step in the DIY process.
So, any suggestions along those lines would help... along with the question about the number of rockers to replace.
Also, if he does it himself it would probably be a good idea to do it here b4 he drives it the 200 miles home and then to take it into his home town mechanic to get valves adjusted etc after driving it there?

Thanks again to all.