I must be confused on how mosfets are rated. I had thought that if you supplied as much as the threshold voltage that they would switch... The gain of 2 is working in this application, as I tried it, and they are functioning. This is mainly because of their requirement to drive simple things slowly such as starter solenoids on motors, which switch only once an hour or so, for a few seconds, and care little about the voltage supplied as long as it is around 9-15 and an amp or two. Thanks for your information, I will have to better research how specifications work for fets... just to clarify, how did you figure out that these fets need 12v to output 10v.
Thanks again!
-Parker