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Old Mar 14, 2011 | 08:46 PM
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I have a 2000 LS1 block and some 243 heads.

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Old Mar 14, 2011 | 08:47 PM
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gm mls is what i have. stock deck on heads?
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Old Mar 14, 2011 | 09:55 PM
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3.910 GM MLS, or Cometics.
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Old Mar 14, 2011 | 10:50 PM
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I had the heads milled down .20. Doesn't Fel-Pro make them?
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Old Mar 15, 2011 | 10:08 AM
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I would go GM MLS gaskets. Great gaskets for the money. We have them for $49.99 and can ship them out today!

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is that $49.99 or $149.99?
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GM LS1 MLS gaskets are $49.99 for the pair!
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Old Mar 15, 2011 | 02:31 PM
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heck yea! i'll prolly grab the head/cam gasket/bolt kit with the ARP head bolts then. looks like $249.99 for the set that'll cover the whole install
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Old Mar 15, 2011 | 03:06 PM
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Yes sir! We have it all in stock and ready to go!

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Old Mar 15, 2011 | 03:23 PM
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sounds good. I just sent ya an e-mail about my setup. forgot to put my name on it... lol. If you'd rather me call I can do that as well. Don't want to bother ya too much if ya'll are busy.
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Originally Posted by Jon@Texas-Speed
GM LS1 MLS gaskets are $49.99 for the pair!
Jon, is this it?

http://www.texas-speed.com/shop/item...d=879&catid=36
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Old Mar 15, 2011 | 08:43 PM
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Hi,
you can't go wrong with texas speed,,,,,,,great men/women to work with on your project. Good luck........have a blessed week......jim
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gotta love texas speed, they called me and made sure the heads i was getting would fit my cam selection. great people to work with, especially MATT. personally called me back to verify cam specs and head gasket. great people to work with, jon keeps his people in check up there!
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Originally Posted by h8tulooze
That's them! Even cheaper than I thought!

Thanks for the kind words guys. We try to help out where we can!
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Ive been running the GM-MLS on my 418cid with nitrous and never had a problem with them, and has been on for over five years , But i do spray them with Permatex copper spray.
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Originally Posted by Jon@Texas-Speed
That's them! Even cheaper than I thought!

Thanks for the kind words guys. We try to help out where we can!
great price on product but shipping WOW....Any places in California sell them?


UPS 2 Day Air $36.98


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UPS Ground Service $17.78


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Shipping ain't cheap no more, its been going up ever since Buddy Holly died!
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Old Mar 16, 2011 | 03:54 PM
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Man, with gas prices going up, we have seen a huge price increase in shipping in the past couple weeks. Seems like every day we have a rate update on our UPS software. Bad thing is our pricing is a good bit better than if you were to walk into a UPS Store.
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