[Fot] Thickness of figure 8 gaskets

[Kas Kastner]

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On Sun, Jul 23, 2017 at 12:01 PM, timmmurphh--- via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
wrote:

> I’m having a block decked and the liner seats recut to get the proper
> stick out of 0.003 to 0.005.  The figure 8 gaskets I’ve gotten in the past,
> mostly steel, were 0.015 to 0.016 thick.  Even an old set of copper figure
> 8’s measure 0.016.  The latest copper figure 8’s from British Parts North
> West measure 0.020.
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> The 0.015 to 0.016 Figure 8’s gave the proper stick out with the old
> block.  My concern is that if I have the liner seats cut for the 0.020
> gaskets, that in the future I may not be able to get these.  I’m also a bit
> confused as to how in the past the 0.015 to 0.016 apparently worked, but
> now are people using the 0.020?  And how are they getting the stick out
> within specification?
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> Thanks for any input on this.  I’m taking the block over to the machine
> shop, about 60 miles away, tomorrow, but I don’t necessarily have to decide
> on the liner seats until they actually get it set up on the boring machine.
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> Tim
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> P.S. I talked to Steve Yott and he said the figure 8 gaskets that come in
> the gasket sets are measuring at 0.020.
>
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