what head gasket to use????

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Jul 29, 2013 | 11:01 AM

s10_ls1

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what head gasket to use????

i have a stock bore ls1 i know i have to run an ls2 head gasket due to the heads i went with from TEA but just gathering thoughts of what ones where best to go with for the supercharger ''maggie'' and the nitrous any thoughts would be great thanks

Jul 29, 2013 | 11:21 AM

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What size combustion chamber does your heads have.

Jul 29, 2013 | 12:29 PM

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if its 5.7 or smaller you can just run 34 dollars for the pair, of ls1/ls6 head gaskets from summit, they work awesome

Jul 29, 2013 | 01:07 PM

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the combustion chambers are 71cc they are the 225cc trickflows from TEA they went through and did there tricks to them for boost and also got the nitrous exhaust ports as well

Jul 29, 2013 | 04:28 PM

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Go with some GM - MLS for the 6.0L.

Jul 29, 2013 | 05:51 PM

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6.0 head gaskets as mentioned already.

Jul 30, 2013 | 10:52 AM

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thanks for the input guys

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Originally Posted by Blackpanther99

6.0 head gaskets as mentioned already.

I run those on a stock bore ls1 using 317 heads and haven't had issues. I heard folks were using the ls9 gaskets from a year or so ago. Not sure if that would be a better route to go or not. More layers of steel.