Keith,
Do you coat the head gaskets with anything? What about O-ringing? What
about everybody else?
Regards, Tom
----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
To: "Dick J" <lsr_man@yahoo.com>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 1:27 PM
Subject: Re: Head Gaskets
> Dick we ran a .018 on the Cast Iron D motor in the beginning... then we
> realized we ain't drag racing....Head seal is an important issue .... we
> been running Felpro and Ferrera gaskets and both seem to be fine even with
> the extra Push they get from a bit of Nitrous....
>
> Keith
>
> ----------
> > From: Dick J <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
> > To: Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net>; land-speed@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Head Gaskets
> > Date: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 12:34 PM
> >
> > I opened up my Chubby Small Block last night and
> > found something I'm not used to. Every head
> > gasket I've ever seen on a modern V-8 has been a
> > composite type thing with crush rings around the
> > cylinders. What I found under these heads were
> > two thin (.030 - .040) sheets of metal, possibly
> > steel or stainless steel. I've seen copper head
> > gaskets for flatheads before, but have never run
> > across this type of steel shim gasket on an OHV
> > V-8. Ought to be good for a little compression
> > ratio boost, but what else should I know? They
> > apparently can be re-used since nothing happens
> > to them when they are installed? Do I use some
> > kind of goop or something when I put the heads
> > back on? Should I use standard torque specs?
> >
> > =====
> > Dick J
> > In East Texas
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