Re: Trick Flow heads for early 340
[Re: fullonmopar]
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09/13/20 01:59 AM
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Cometic Thicker head gasket
1968 Charger COLD A/C Hilborn EFI 512ci 9.7 compression, Stealth heads, 4.10 gear A518 ODtrans 4100lb,10.93 full street car trim 2020 T/A 392 Stock 11.79 @ 114.5
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Re: Trick Flow heads for early 340
[Re: gzig5]
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09/13/20 08:23 PM
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My thinking is it would be better to machine the heads rather than thicker gasket so maybe you can work out your quench a lot better and you wont lose as much overall compression. Maybe using thicker head gaskets will possibly affect the sealing of the manifold gaskets. Also do you have to use a dedicated Trick Flow intake manifold or would for example an Air Gap of Strip Dominator fit as well. We pay double the price for parts from the USA in Australia so I am trying to find the cheapest way out of this, thanks for all you feed back.
Last edited by fullonmopar; 09/13/20 08:27 PM.
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Re: Trick Flow heads for early 340
[Re: fullonmopar]
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09/14/20 10:47 AM
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My thinking is it would be better to machine the heads rather than thicker gasket so maybe you can work out your quench a lot better and you wont lose as much overall compression. Maybe using thicker head gaskets will possibly affect the sealing of the manifold gaskets. Also do you have to use a dedicated Trick Flow intake manifold or would for example an Air Gap of Strip Dominator fit as well. We pay double the price for parts from the USA in Australia so I am trying to find the cheapest way out of this, thanks for all you feed back. Get a quote for opening up the chambers on the heads to clear the pistons and get back to us. That's going to cost a lot where a set of gaskets is a couple hundred. One potential solution would be trimming the compression height on the pistons but you need to be aware of how thick they are and balance issues. All that is going to cost more than gaskets too unless you are doing the machining yourself.
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Re: Trick Flow heads for early 340
[Re: LA360]
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09/15/20 03:13 PM
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The current money exchange rate must be bad now Or someone in that business is trying to get rich quick Any one know what it is now?
Mr.Cab Racing and winning with Mopars since 1964. (Old F--t, Huh)
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Re: Trick Flow heads for early 340
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09/15/20 08:11 PM
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The current money exchange rate must be bad now Or someone in that business is trying to get rich quick Any one know what it is now? As of today, the Australian dollar is buying 73 US cents. It has been as low as 65 US cents recently. The lowest I've seen it go in the last 12 months was around 60 US cents. During the GFC the Aussie dollow was worth $0.95 - 1.05
Alan Jones
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