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Old 05-18-2005, 07:15 AM
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Default What kind of head gaskets are these?
Anyone know the brand and/or the compressed thickness?

http://www.ssgraphix.com/incoming/files/DCP_0459.JPG
http://www.ssgraphix.com/incoming/files/DCP_0458.JPG
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hmmm...

factory composites??? approx. .052 compressed. I have two used sets sitting in garage now....

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Aren't the factory ones graphite? These feel like rubber.
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these aren't graphite, they are some new 6.0L gaskets, anyone know anything about them?
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They look like graphites to me. There not MLS for sure. I don't know if GM is using some kind of new material or what. If I had to guess from the pics, I'd say graphite for sure.....
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What I DO know is that I wouldn't be taking the chance and bolting them on my shortblock.....Waaaaay to much work if they don't hold up to the task of sealing water and combustion pressure. Get some new Cometics or the like and call it a day.

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Originally Posted by Tony Mamo @ AFR
What I DO know is that I wouldn't be taking the chance and bolting them on my shortblock.....Waaaaay to much work if they don't hold up to the task of sealing water and combustion pressure. Get some new Cometics or the like and call it a day.

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