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Old Mar 12, 2016 | 06:54 PM
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Hi I was wondering what head gaskets I need and what head studs?
I'm guessing I use ls3 head studs? And will the stock lq4 head gaskets work with these heads? Thanks in advance
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Head studs will need to be for the block. There are two versions for the early blocks and for the later blocks. Plenty of info out there on that if you search.

As far as a gasket, there's a few different thoughts on that. Some say you want to get a gasket with a large enough bore that you don't have the gasket exposed to the chamber. Some want a tighter bore gasket so as not to reduce the compression ratio. Either works fine in my experience.
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Thanks for the reply my motor uses 3 lengths of bolts it is an early 04 so just order them?
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Originally Posted by ts10
Thanks for the reply my motor uses 3 lengths of bolts it is an early 04 so just order them?
Yes order the ones with 3 different lengths.
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Originally Posted by ts10
Hi I was wondering what head gaskets I need and what head studs?
I'm guessing I use ls3 head studs? And will the stock lq4 head gaskets work with these heads? Thanks in advance
I would recommend using this part number for your head gaskets:
http://store.cammotion.com/gm-62-ls-...ad-gasket-each

It is the part number GM uses for 6.0 and 6.2 liter LS engines now.
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