I'm trying to decide which headgaskets to use for my engine. I'm building an everyday 402 from a stock bore iron 6.0 block. I'm using dart aluminum heads with 62cc chambers and small dish piston. I want the compression ratio around 10.5 to 1. I've read a lot about cometic gaskets and other brands and have noticed a big price difference even between respectable brands. I'd love to put in the cometics but my budgets been getting hammered and I've seen delco mls gaskets for less than half the price. Is anyone running less expensive gaskets around this compression ratio. I'm not running nitrous or forced induction and don't plan to ever on this engine. I know this is not a wild compreeion ratio but I don't want to have to pull the heads for a long time. I am putting in a set of arp head bolts so I shouldnt have to worry about clamping force. This is for an everyday driver that would only see 7k on tach by accident .

 

Go with the 6.0l gm MLS gaskets, you will be fine. Many of the high hp forced induction cars are running them as well.