----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill & Dee Bennett" <benettw@earthlink.net>
To: "Rick Byrnes" <rick@rbmotorsports.com>
Cc: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2001 1:46 PM
Subject: Re: Head Gaskets
Rick,
I am curious. where in S.C. are they located aint much of nothing here in S.
C. except pine trees and sand.
Bill
Forgot that trailer again
>----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rick Byrnes" <rick@rbmotorsports.com>
> To: <DaCudaKid@aol.com>
> Cc: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2001 9:25 AM
> Subject: Re: Head Gaskets
>
>
> > Hi Mike
> >
> > Metallic "O" rings are not new, they just seem like a closely guarded
> > secret.
> > Made from .062" dia, .010" wall Inconnel X 750 tubing, formed into a
hoop
> > and then welded and ground at the weld. During the manufacturing
process
> > they fill with a high pressure gas Nitrogen I think. A company called
> > Helico Flex, in S. C. produces them in lots of sizes, but actually makes
> > them to my (or your) specification. They are expensive. When ordering
25
> > or more the price is/was $24 each. These type of parts are used to seal
> > very high pressure steam at Nuclear plants and are very well engineered.
> > The O ring sets in a step in the bore rather than a groove. With big
> bores
> > there just isn't room so a counterbore does just fine.
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