408 iron block info wanted
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I am building a 408 iron block stroker with a 4.03 bore. What head gaskets are you guys using? I was planning on using a late model metal gasket off a 6.0 truck. Is there a better way to go?
Also I looked for some kind of notch on all of the pistons for reluctor wheel clearance and cannot find any. I have the lunati stroker kit and want to make sure this is a successful install. The parts in the kit are very impressive and come balanced with all the weights written for you. Should I have the balancing checked or just put it together? I know that not all stroker kits are created equal and have seen on the forums all the problems there are. I hope that I bought the right kit and would appreciate any info from others that have used this setup.
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Also I looked for some kind of notch on all of the pistons for reluctor wheel clearance and cannot find any. I have the lunati stroker kit and want to make sure this is a successful install. The parts in the kit are very impressive and come balanced with all the weights written for you. Should I have the balancing checked or just put it together? I know that not all stroker kits are created equal and have seen on the forums all the problems there are. I hope that I bought the right kit and would appreciate any info from others that have used this setup.
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It looks like you have even more cubic inches now. How much do you dyno with that setup? Also on your 408 do you know what head gaskets were used and how much did it dyno?
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Originally Posted by Jammer
"Cometic does not list a ls1 head gasket with a 4.03 bore. Thanks for trying to **** me up."
he did you a favor and sent you to the BEST head gasket maker for LS1's... you rely on web info....gotta call them man....then see what happens. Fel-Pro makes a graphite one..
he did you a favor and sent you to the BEST head gasket maker for LS1's... you rely on web info....gotta call them man....then see what happens. Fel-Pro makes a graphite one..