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Re: Head Gaskets

To: Dick J <lsr_man@yahoo.com>, <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Head Gaskets
From: Skip & Joyce Higginbotham <saltrat@pro-blend.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 15:23:58 -0600
Dick,
I use solid copper and "O" ring the block. I can then vary (change gaskets)
the gasket thickness to adjust compression and piston/valve/cylinder head
clearance. Has worked well for me for a lot of years.
Skip


At 12:34 PM 3/14/01 , you wrote:
>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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