Mirek

I'm with that as long as they are not mls and are less than .045 compressed.

z-ya

iTrader: (1)

Call texas speed a sponsor on this board they sell and install this gasket and will verify
the specs for you.

Mirek

I called them it is .054 compressed.

Goddammit, if anybody knows of a thinner graphite/composite please chime in. Are all you guys running cometics with no problems. Is anybody running cometics with even a slight imperfection (indention, peice of gasket, scratch, anything...) without a problem. I mean I have seen vendors state that they are "difficult"

I cannot believe that every darn LS1 composite gasket is stock thickness but I have looked everywhere.

Anyway.....

z-ya

iTrader: (1)

well when I called them they told me .043 I will check with felpro and get back on this.

z-ya

iTrader: (1)

Well I called the felpro tech line and talked to Hank,He says felpro does not release that spec since its a stock replacement gasket not a performance gasket.After much
haggling and browbeating he said I could aproximate the compressed thickness by measuring the gasket behind the fire ring and subtract .005.I did manage to get him to
tell me that 9284pt is not a mls gasket.I hope this clears up any confusion on this matter but I doubt it will.What a bunch of **** they won't tell you the size of their product.

Mirek

Jesus....seriously.
I'll toss some pics up of the "damage" on another thread. I work with an engineer that thinks I can get by w/ an MLS (flashed the pick) and "probably not have to worry".
He's built a few engines plus I appreciate the valient effort z-ya. I should clarify that I called Texas Speed and not Felpro. What a crock.

Rage or Die

z-ya

iTrader: (1)

I called texas speed first that is where I originally got the information about the gasket being .043 compressed. I passed this along without verifying the dimention personally,for this I am truely sorry.We had a conversation about their constuction
and dimentions and I am not mistaken about what was said.They still may be .043
compressed for all I know but felpro won't verify that.This will be the last time I repeat
something without proof.Cometics are to damn expensive for a gasket or this wouldn't
be such an issue,
.

DramaFoYoMama

Is there something wrong with that website? I wanted to take a look, but it keeps popping up that there is nothing available for any vehicle I choose.

z-ya

iTrader: (1)

Ya the wewb site blows ,I got the techline # from one of the wd's I use and that blows to.Even the phone# for federal mogul on the site is wrong,they do not want any
customer contact.

Mirek

I've called all over and that number is incorrect. Perhaps if we were bitching about flow numbers or "whats the best header" a vendor would have gladly stepped in and cleared this up by now after 300 sum views since it is a very strait forward question. But not for a $15 part it seems. Hey these parts matter too.

Boosted LS1

Why can't you 'fill'/repair the dent and then smooth it off? That's worked for me in the past and if the damage isn't near any fluids then you won't have a problem.

Boosted.

z-ya

iTrader: (1)

Maybe a little yamabond on the area that is damaged.