Originally Posted by ZIPPY
Originally Posted by lewtot184
a fel-pro 1039 is very reliable. used them in a 12.5:1 470 several times. avoid the 1009 like the plague.


I do like those and have used them on my low deck, but they tend to eat aluminum heads.


Fel Pro 1105 is probably what you are looking for. It is a "pro" head gasket for big bore race engines. It has the pre-flattened ring and it doesn't mark up the head too bad. But the bore size is big and it is super thick. I tried the 1105 gaskets on my dyno engine and they worked but I didn't like the big bore size or the 0.051 thickness so I went back to Cometic gaskets. The Cometic gasket can be ordered to fit which is really nice. The 1105 is a good gasket if you have a 4.500 mega block.