The steel shim and solid copper head gaskets are very picky about
liner protrusion. The stock style sandwich gasket is much more
tolerant of this kind of thing.
- Tony Drews
At 06:11 PM 6/7/2006, Bill DeWar wrote:
>Amici,
>
> A fellow FOT'r whose computer broke asked me to post
>this question.
> What is an acceptable liner height setting for steel shim
>head gasket on 4cyl TR engine? Seems the one he's
>building has a variation of approx 2 thous from right
>side to left of block on the 3 and 4 cylinders.Right
>side is 3 thous, left slightly more than 5. After first
>try assembly and startup it leaked even after retorque.
> The block seems to be the culprit as a low spot
>seems to reside next to the liners. He's now trying
>a copper sandwich style to see if he can make a
>race this weekend but looking for feedback on what
>anyone else has been able to get to work.
>
>Thanks,
>Bill D
>Triumph Rescue
>
>
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