Felpro 8553 blue head gasket. Reuseable?
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I'd always thought no but in a recent thread (reusing cometics) there was a post that you could with FP also. My situation is the eng was refreshed & then a head had to come back off before refiring & I wouldn't have a problem just purchasing another gasket but I did alot of cooling hole redrilling which then required smoothing the holes with a dremel which all in all ended up being a very significant amount of addit'l hours & if there is a reasonable chance of it being good I might chance it. Eng has not been fired. What do YOU guys think/suggest? Thank you for your time.
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Re: Felpro 8553 blue head gasket. Reuseable?
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I've reused steel shim head gaskets on a 413 successfully. And I have had them fail too. Same with Felpro permatorques, though they are more forgiving than the shim type. It's hit or miss IMO. If you have a test stand you can fire and break in the engine and it holds up go for it. I, personally, hate trying to change a head gasket leaning over a fender, especially on a big block. At least that's my thinking but if I was to try it today I'd try it with a permatorque.
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Re: Felpro 8553 blue head gasket. Reuseable?
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Thanks bro , yeah my gut is sayin no but...
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Re: Felpro 8553 blue head gasket. Reuseable?
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I don't recognize that part number but I have reused the standard cheapo 440/383 Fel Pro 8519 PT or is it 8517PT(CRS on the proper Pt #) as well as the 1009 with no problems Usually after breaking in the motor on the dyno and doing a inspection tear down before giving the motor to the customer, not a lot of street or strip use IHTHs
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Re: Felpro 8553 blue head gasket. Reuseable?
[Re: RapidRobert]
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I did it with a 318 years ago with short hours on it. Can't remember the reason but the heads were peeled of the engine and slapped on another and I just sprayed the (permatorque) gaskets with gasket sealer and screwed it together. If was almost done as a goof, lets try this and see what happens.
Engine ended up being in THREE different vehicles before I lost sight of it. Came out of my Dart where it ran low 14's on street tires, sold to a buddy who installed it in his ramcharger and then ended up in a 77-78 Snow Commander plow truck at work.
The truck actually ran better with the 318 than it did with the 360-2 that was in it before.
When I left the job the truck was still plugging along if rotting apart at a good rate. Engine never gave a problem.
If that gaskets didn't stick to the head or deck I'd consider re-using them.
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Re: Felpro 8553 blue head gasket. Reuseable?
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oh wait.but hey.lets see.oh yeah.
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RR is that the marine gasket?If you havent fired Id reuse it.They are a pretty stout gasket.Just un bolt the same as you torque the head.Rocky
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Re: Felpro 8553 blue head gasket. Reuseable?
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I'll get over to my racing partners' shop & get a pic (& part #).
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Re: Felpro 8553 blue head gasket. Reuseable?
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Alright Dog I will go with your advice & hope for the best. I definitely want to avoid all that Dremel work if I can. next time I think I (in the first place) will send a pattern to Cometic & let them cut one for me. On a seperate note the 3/16" alum spacers that Jerry Cjubatski (SDC concepts) in troy Michigan (A member here) cut for me were only $75 & were of premium workmanship (& the exacto knife cut pattern I sent him was a bit sloppy to say the least)
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Re: Felpro 8553 blue head gasket. Reuseable?
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At least I was at ease for a little while, the price ain't nothing nor is the drilling but guess I'll have to bite the bullet & do the dremeling if I replace it. OH it just hit me that the problem was the HF one that if you breathe near it it'd stall. I will get a good one which oughta go 20X faster so If I do do it I'll be ready
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Re: Felpro 8553 blue head gasket. Reuseable?
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I bought a 440 short block core off of craigslist, and at that time I had pulled the 440 out of my black 71 R/T. I wanted to be able to move the car around under it's own power. So I took that junkyard 440 short block and found all the bits and pieces to make a running engine. I sure wasn't going to buy a new gasket set. That engine is in the car, doesn't leak a drop of anything. ALL used Gaskets from different engines.
Yep. Sometimes it works. The question is does it work every time?
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Re: Felpro 8553 blue head gasket. Reuseable?
[Re: RapidRobert]
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Don't be a wimp. NOTHING ever works every time. R.
That & I dont feel lucky
if it has not been heat cycled it hasent taken its set yet. what you worried about reuse them.
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