Head Gasket Part 2

[Large Arbor]

Car guy,

I will give that a try on Sunday! Thanks for the post. I was scared of pulling the motor. Had visions of dropping it on the Fiberglas.

Phil

[Dwight]

try Cometic head gaskets. I would order them from Keith Craft

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I have great success with Percy's laminated aluminum header gaskets. They work when copper, Fel Pro, Mr. Gasket and many others failed.
They are the only header gasket I will use. Sometimes my flanges are so warped that I have to use one and half Percy's gasket.

But they hold!
I don't know if Percy's make one that will fit you heads but you need to check them out.


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[blykins]

Head studs can actually put a big hurtin' on you on some cars with tight engine bays. It's a little more work since you have to back every stud out to have enough room to lift the head off. In older times, the head studs didn't have allen-heads on them and it required a lot more effort. Bolts are better in most situations, but on an aluminum block, you can't use bolts......

Also, you have to watch about randomly recommending head gaskets for engine blocks.

On a Pond block, there are head gaskets that match the sleeve diameter better than others. In some cases, you can still get some sleeve setting over time and you want the head gasket's fire ring to match the sleeve so that it will take up the slack.

On a Windsor block, there are head gaskets (such as the Felpro MLS) that don't reach all the way up to the china wall. That leaves a nice little crevice for oil to reach out of and it's not something that would jump out to most guys.

FWIW, I sell Cometic head gaskets too.

[Large Arbor]

Thanks Brent and Dwight. I went with the Cometic gaskets as that was was Danbury Racing Engines recommended. I would have bought them from Brent had I known as I like the little guys and Jegs has become a Chevy shop by what they have in inventory. (:

The copper gaskets leaked on the exhaust side for cylinders two and five. I do not know whether the bolts loosened or it was just a bad fit. I have replacement copper ones but may revisit if there is consensus of something working better.

Phil

[blykins]

Was it you that called me a few weeks ago and emailed not too long ago?

Honestly, if it were me, I'd return those Cometics and put Felpro 1020's on it.