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Re: high performance head gaskets for Buick/Rover V-8

To: "The Becketts" <hillman@bigpond.com>
Subject: Re: high performance head gaskets for Buick/Rover V-8
From: David Kernberger <dkern@napanet.net>
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 20:52:22 -0700
7/15/00

Everyone,

        Why not just leave those bolts out altogether?????  The Buick 300
worked just fine that way.

Regards,

Dave K.

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>Just a question, does everyone reduce the torque on the outside row of head
>bolts to prevent leakage as recommended in the RPI webpage?
>
>Ron Beckett
>1986 Range Rover 4.6L Auto "The Last Aquila"
>Editor, Webmaster & Database Administrator, Hillman Owners Club of Australia
>http://www.hillman.org.au
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>
>> I have always run FelPro, never a leak or problem. The Blue ones are the
>ones
>> that do not have to be re-torqued. The older ones have the same number,
>are not
>> blue, & MUST be re-torqued. I have gotten the old style as a recently as a
>year
>> ago, they are not fast movers. It might be worth re-torquing the heads
>before
>> making a change.




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