[Healeys] 100-4 engine head gasket?

Bob Spidell bspidell at comcast.net
Tue Jan 26 20:07:22 MST 2021


On the copper gaskets I've seen--not terribly many--the rings are 
integral to the gasket; are we saying they can be swapped?

bs

On 1/26/2021 6:35 PM, Alan Seigrist wrote:
> Hi David -
>
> This is very interesting.  Let me see what it looks like when I get 
> the head off, and I might ask for your guy's contacts if that's what I 
> determine is the problem.
>
> Best,
>
> Alan
>
> On Wed, Jan 27, 2021 at 2:27 AM David P <frogeye at porterscustom.com 
> <mailto:frogeye at porterscustom.com>> wrote:
>
>     I solved this by having a gasket maker in Lubbock make individual
>     0.0025 rings to provide a little more squish around each bore.  Dave
>
>     On 1/26/2021 11:09 AM, WILLIAM B LAWRENCE wrote:
>>     If you are going to use a steel or MLS gasket you are going to
>>     have to resurface the block and head. They need a finer finish
>>     than copper.
>>
>>     Bill Lawrence
>>     BN1 #554
>>     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
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