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Old 05-06-2009, 09:17 PM
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What head gaskets to use on stock bottom end 6.0 turbo?
What holds up?
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Originally Posted by kenracer
What head gaskets to use on stock bottom end 6.0 turbo?
What holds up?
I've researched it a little, have a pair of 317 heads that I want to run so I can run more boost also. From what I have gathered the majority of people run the GM MLS gaskets, very good and pretty cheap. I plan on running them myself.
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GM MLS or cometics. I havent had problems with my cometics but they are pricy. Get some head studs if you haven't yet.
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Originally Posted by conan
GM MLS or cometics. I havent had problems with my cometics but they are pricy. Get some head studs if you haven't yet.
Did you stud yours? Can it be done with the engine in the car?
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Originally Posted by WS6HUMMER
Did you stud yours? Can it be done with the engine in the car?
Yes I studded mine when I built the engine and I have removed both heads in the car with no problems
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Originally Posted by conan
Yes I studded mine when I built the engine and I have removed both heads in the car with no problems

Cool, thanks.
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+1 for gm MLS gaskets. cheap and good
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the GM 5-layer MLS gaskets worked well for me last year...8.30s @ 170
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Unless you have o-ringed your heads, standard MLS will be fine
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Originally Posted by ls1290
Unless you have o-ringed your heads, standard MLS will be fine
Do u normaly o-ring the block or heads, or both?
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Originally Posted by Denali08
Do u normaly o-ring the block or heads, or both?
it varies with who you ask.

Some run no orings
Some run a single oring in the head
Some run with both the heads and block o-ringed
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Originally Posted by ls1290
Unless you have o-ringed your heads, standard MLS will be fine

I used standard MLS GM gaskets with o-ringed heads and they worked well.
The machine shop placed the o-ring in the groove on the gasket and it helped out tremendosly!
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cheap felpro ones with a light coat of spray paint on them. They will never blow and you'll have to chisel them off to remove them. In a sense they are glued on. Cheap and very effective.
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Originally Posted by pwrtrip75
cheap felpro ones with a light coat of spray paint on them. They will never blow and you'll have to chisel them off to remove them. In a sense they are glued on. Cheap and very effective.
thats a bold statement there....
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Originally Posted by Fireball
thats a bold statement there....
And sounds fairly half-assed.....
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Originally Posted by pwrtrip75
cheap felpro ones with a light coat of spray paint on them. They will never blow and you'll have to chisel them off to remove them. In a sense they are glued on. Cheap and very effective.
Never Blow, Maybe, but I bet I can lift the heads and make them leak!
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Originally Posted by HUNTER02SS
Never Blow, Maybe, but I bet I can lift the heads and make them leak!
run alot of boost + alot of timing + tr6 plugs (sorry veee8 ) and I guarantee they'll blow
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LOL!!!! Yeah give me a crack at em', I bet they will be begging for mercy!
BTW my LS9's were sprayed with copper coat, and were glued to the block pretty well, in every spot except where I blew them with the aforementioned death cocktail.
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"Never Blow" is a term that I would not use in the racing world!
Everything is capable of blowing!
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Default GM head gsks.
Anyone have that part # for the GM mls head gsk for 2002 6.0?
"Never blow" sounds like what a exwife would say!
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