valve cover gaskets

so im doing my valve cover gaskets in the next few days.. any tips or heads up to speed up the job or to watch out for..

jus so we understand lol this is the first vc job im gonna do by myself.. id rather it be only me working under the hood

New gasket and grommets and away you go.

Its pretty straight forward, take your time, clean it up good and you'll be fine.

for the rear, does the alternator have to be remvoed?

removed*

Yes it does. And if you own a supercharged car, the MAP/bracket and EVAP thing will come off aswell.

Its only a few more steps but nothing hard.

It would help if we knew what year and motor you have.

97 and 98 don't need the alt bracket removed because racekar.