Hey guys im just going to replace some gaskets on my LT1 before throwing her in, which are the most important gaskets i should replace, which one tend to wear on LT1s? thanks


chris

 

nobody has an answer for me? come on guys


chris

 

ttt

 

I would just go with a rebuild kit from summit. Do a search on their site and you will find a full gasket set. You can either go from the heads up or the entire thing including the front end.

 

What does "some gaskets" mean? Are you going to tear down the whole engine to replace gaskets? Do you have leaks? How about some specifics on what you really are doing?

 

hey thanks, the things got 120k on it, but it looks pretty good, and it ran good, u think heads up would be plenty or should i just go the whole thing?

Chris

 

heh, alright, sorry for being so vague, the engine is on a stand, and i want to replace the gaskets that commonly go bad or ones that might be bad by now, because it never hurts to replace a gasket, bad or not, yes i am willing to tear the whole engine down to get to these, but it isnt torn down at the moment.

chris

 

no there is no leaks...


chris

 

It depends on weither you have a leak on the front end. If you see oil on the opti or anything leaking from that area do that whole thing. I think you should actually just do the intake and wait until it is necessary to do the heads. You may get a lot of life out of those gaskets. I got 160,000 out of my stock head gaskets.

 

well the reason i want to do it now is because the thing isnt in yet and i really dont wanna be pulling it again in only 40k, but if u think that would be best, mayb i will, no none of that is leaking and i am definately changing the intake manifold gasket

chris

 

Somebody didn't read the sticky!

You've got a few options.

1. Trick flow set, goes for $318.

2. Speed Pro I think it is makes a set, goes for about $180-$190.

3. Find out what gaskets you want, get the part #'s, and give Dal Slabaugh or Jason Cromer a call and get your GM gaskets.

4. Thunder Racing and Combination Motorsports both have gasket sets. "Head Swap", "Cam Swap", "Head & Cam Swap" and "Bottom End". You'll end up with a couple repeat gaskets/seals though.

 

god, im a sob... i didnt even notice there was a sticky on this boo me... lol i hate when people dont read the stickies and look what i have done... booourns

chris

 

HEY! there is no sticky on this, and if ur sayin this isnt lt1 tech what is? or what did u mean?

 

LOL they must've taken it down like today, there was a 5 page thread or so on "abuse of ttt"

 

ooohh, heh, i c, sorry mods... didnt kno, i wanted it answered quick... thats y i did it... sorr again


chris