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Old Mar 9, 2012 | 06:30 PM
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Would Felpro head gaskets be ok for boost out what you guys recommend?
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Old Mar 9, 2012 | 06:31 PM
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Or not out mistype.
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Old Mar 9, 2012 | 07:56 PM
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hard to beat the ls9 gaskets.
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Old Mar 9, 2012 | 08:00 PM
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Thanks summit a good place to get them?
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Old Mar 10, 2012 | 06:24 AM
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Watch the LS9 gaskets.. Just recently, some posts were made that reported the gaskets were labelled as such, but were not.......
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Old Mar 10, 2012 | 09:19 AM
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All of the GM MLS gaskets are pretty hard to beat for the money. I've been running the six liter ones for years with stock heads and ARP studs with about 20 psi without issue. If I do yank the heads though I'll be running the GM LS9 gaskets.
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Old Mar 10, 2012 | 02:35 PM
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Originally Posted by 1bad99
Thanks summit a good place to get them?
You can buy GM gaskets from.....GM

Or many of the sponsors of this forum.

I tried to make enquiries about FelPro's Stopper gasket, pity Felpro's website is ***** and the vendor I asked never bothered their **** getting back to me either.
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Old Mar 10, 2012 | 03:19 PM
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I just bought my GM LS9 gaskets from GM parts direct for like $36 a pop. They whack you with shipping and handling charges but it is still less than retail. Hard to go wrong there.
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I believe the head gaskets that RHS sells are the ones with the stopper ring. Which I assume are the Felpros.
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Old Mar 10, 2012 | 03:59 PM
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Ok cool thanks guys. I bought the full Felpro kit when I decided to pull the motor and just assumed Felpro would hold the boost, iknow noob mistake, but really would have kicked myself in the *** if the first time turbo spooled and a head gasket would have popped.
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Old Mar 10, 2012 | 05:22 PM
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Ok cool thanks guys. I bought the full Felpro kit when I decided to pull the motor and just assumed Felpro would hold the boost, iknow noob mistake, but really would have kicked myself in the *** if the first time turbo spooled and a head gasket would have popped.
If they are metal shim gaskets, then more than likely they will.

The GM ones are just so cheap though they make perfect sense.
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Old Mar 10, 2012 | 06:21 PM
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What kind of head gaskets are most of you guys running for boost?
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Old Mar 10, 2012 | 06:35 PM
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A quick search would tell you most people use GM head gaskets.
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