Deck Height,Quench, Static & Dynamic Compression?
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look at that picture. the cylinder holes are not even close to being a perfect circle. I went and looked at the ones I have now and they look even worse.. geez, I tought they would be perfectly round!
but good price. I pad like $36 or somehting each for mine. maybe it was 26 but still!
but good price. I pad like $36 or somehting each for mine. maybe it was 26 but still!
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I doubt any of the head gaskets are perfectly round. I haven't seen any for the LT1 that are.
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I meant why deal with it when you can get the Victor Reinz for that price ($15.95 each ). You can't get the MR. Gaskets for $32/pair any more. I see that is the price for each. I bought mine from Summit 3yrs ago.
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anyway. Is the quench somehting I need to measure?. or just knowing that my pistons are 10 in the hole and the thickness of my head gaskets enuff?. I was using soft solder to measure my quench ring on my snowmobile. it was not fun. lol
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Damn. I called autozone and they recenty switched, they dont carry victor reinz anymore, he tried a cross refrence number and it came back with a stock thickness. Oh well. I just ordered 2 from CNC-Motorsports.
anyway. Is the quench somehting I need to measure?. or just knowing that my pistons are 10 in the hole and the thickness of my head gaskets enuff?. I was using soft solder to measure my quench ring on my snowmobile. it was not fun. lol
anyway. Is the quench somehting I need to measure?. or just knowing that my pistons are 10 in the hole and the thickness of my head gaskets enuff?. I was using soft solder to measure my quench ring on my snowmobile. it was not fun. lol
In the hole and gasket thickness is all you need.
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thanks.. yea, sorry. typo. I did call napa. Thats the only place I called. The price was rigth at CNC-Motorsportes so I just odered from them. I also picked up a few other odds and ends I needed. I should be gettin my block back today or tommorow.. so I can finally start building!..
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I didn't read the whole thread but I want to bring up something that goes contrary to some of the prevailing "wisdom" here. The idea that you have to have a very tight quench. It aint so. The fact that the thickness of a "typical" gasket is 0.039"-0.041" should tell you something - there really is no point try to get it closer. Unless it is a very unusual app, just zero deck it and use a standard gasket. Blower cars work fine with the piston pretty far down in the hole if deep dished pistons aren't in the budget.
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I didn't read the whole thread but I want to bring up something that goes contrary to some of the prevailing "wisdom" here. The idea that you have to have a very tight quench. It aint so. The fact that the thickness of a "typical" gasket is 0.039"-0.041" should tell you something - there really is no point try to get it closer. Unless it is a very unusual app, just zero deck it and use a standard gasket. Blower cars work fine with the piston pretty far down in the hole if deep dished pistons aren't in the budget.
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