Re: Head Gaskets.....Early Hemi
[Re: TrWaters]
#1138277
12/17/11 10:08 PM
12/17/11 10:08 PM
|
Joined: May 2004
Posts: 12,418 Taxes & Virus's R-US, NY
Dragula
I Live Here
|
I Live Here
Joined: May 2004
Posts: 12,418
Taxes & Virus's R-US, NY
|
Quote:
Are steel shim head gaskets obsolete? The old school type....single stamped pieces. If not, what is the limit when using them as far as compression ratios?
They work very well. Spray them with copper coat and rtv water passages, and your good to go. Only limit is finding them and to what bore size. We run them on any hemi that the bore will fit. The max on the 426 is +.060", not sure on the 392's..
|
|
|
Re: Head Gaskets.....Early Hemi
[Re: Cab_Burge]
#1138279
12/17/11 10:52 PM
12/17/11 10:52 PM
|
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 11,179 Atco NJ
DJVCuda
I Live Here
|
I Live Here
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 11,179
Atco NJ
|
Quote:
I don't think any of the early Chrysler(don't know about Desoto and Dodges) came with steel shim head gaskest, I had a bunch of them. All of the ones I have seen used a multi layered composite head gsaket, in fact I may have two of them left from master overhaul sets
my 1955 331 hemi had steel shims.
|
|
|
Re: Head Gaskets.....Early Hemi
[Re: DJVCuda]
#1138280
12/17/11 10:58 PM
12/17/11 10:58 PM
|
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 43,303 Bend,OR USA
Cab_Burge
I Win
|
I Win
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 43,303
Bend,OR USA
|
Quote:
Quote:
I don't think any of the early Chrysler(don't know about Desoto and Dodges) came with steel shim head gaskest, I had a bunch of them. All of the ones I have seen used a multi layered composite head gsaket, in fact I may have two of them left from master overhaul sets
my 1955 331 hemi had steel shims.
Mine didn't, but it had been tweak some before I got it(the heads had been cut .125 according to the former owner ) None of the 354 or 392, two 300 motors included I had came from the factory with steel shim head gaskets that I saw I only saw around eight of them altogether I have learned a long time ago to never say never about OEM parts, especially on Mopars
Mr.Cab Racing and winning with Mopars since 1964. (Old F--t, Huh)
|
|
|
Re: Head Gaskets.....Early Hemi
[Re: TrWaters]
#1138283
12/18/11 12:45 PM
12/18/11 12:45 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 21,085 Niles , Ohio
therocks
oh wait.but hey.lets see.oh yeah.
|
oh wait.but hey.lets see.oh yeah.
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 21,085
Niles , Ohio
|
My 57 was never touched and they were steel.Same with the NOS gasket set I bought.They were steel also.Rocky
Chrysler Firepower
|
|
|
|
|