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Which head gasket should i use?
I have a 95 z28 with an lt1 bored .030 over and i have aluminium stock heads that have bigger valves (2. and 1.6 stainless steel) so i was wondering if anyone would like to reccomend a head gasket to me? thanks
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on what?
I used fel pro 1074's on my camaro for a while with no problems......have your heads been milled or anything? stock bottom end? |
yes the stock heads have been gone through and redone
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If it was zero decked then the Felpro might be a good choice, otherwise though probably not. It just gets blindly recommended because it is Felpro rather than because it is right.
To make a good recommendation we need to know the deck height and target compression. Mr. Gasket/Victor Reinz have a .026 gasket which is good for helping raise compression, would be too thin for a zero deck block. The stock b-body gaskets are .029. The Felpro is .039 the stock f-body gasket is .049 Cometic has a .027 with a small bore SCE has been pretending to soon release a .021(same story as MSD opti and Edelbrock intake, Summit ship date gets pushed back every couple weeks) |
Originally Posted by 96capricemgr
(Post 4886513)
If it was zero decked then the Felpro might be a good choice, otherwise though probably not. It just gets blindly recommended because it is Felpro rather than because it is right.
To make a good recommendation we need to know the deck height and target compression. Mr. Gasket/Victor Reinz have a .026 gasket which is good for helping raise compression, would be too thin for a zero deck block. The stock b-body gaskets are .029. The Felpro is .039 the stock f-body gasket is .049 Cometic has a .027 with a small bore SCE has been pretending to soon release a .021(same story as MSD opti and Edelbrock intake, Summit ship date gets pushed back every couple weeks) Do you have any info on the SCE gasket? Like material/bore ect? |
Originally Posted by 96capricemgr
(Post 4886513)
Mr. Gasket/Victor Reinz have a .026 gasket which is good for helping raise compression, would be too thin for a zero deck block.
The stock b-body gaskets are .029. The Felpro is .039 the stock f-body gasket is .049 Cometic has a .027 with a small bore SCE has been pretending to soon release a .021(same story as MSD opti and Edelbrock intake, Summit ship date gets pushed back every couple weeks) and here it is. I'm going with the B-body gaskets on my head install as recommended by Ai. |
Sent Summit an email on the SCE gasket and they are pretending it is available but special order.
They are a 4.060 bore copper reusable gasket. I am using the Mr. Gasket but hate the packaging issues, the Victor Rienz seem to be the same exact gasket but individually packaged, cost just a little more but worth it to avoid the packaging problems of the Mr. Gasket. |
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