You can get any thickness cut by a shop with a water jet machine. I am told
one doesn?t have to use gaskets that are shaped like a figure 8 and that four
round rings will do.
Duncan
> On Jul 23, 2017, at 2:01 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.
>
> 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?
>
> 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.
>
> Tim
>
> 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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