head gasket help
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Launching!
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From: Saginaw, MI
head gasket help Getting ready to finally install H/C i've had on the shelf for a year.
Which 6.0 head gasket should I use?
"the reason for using a 6.0 gasket on a 5.7 is the fire ring on a 6.0 gasket is matched to the o rings on the head,we had to do it this way to get a better seal the 5.7 gaskets fire ring is a few thousandths smaller diameter and would have been too close to the cobustion chamber for a o ring to work"
Not a large cam and stock compression is fine with me. Really would like a C/H install kit???? (or autozone)
Thanks
Which 6.0 head gasket should I use?
"the reason for using a 6.0 gasket on a 5.7 is the fire ring on a 6.0 gasket is matched to the o rings on the head,we had to do it this way to get a better seal the 5.7 gaskets fire ring is a few thousandths smaller diameter and would have been too close to the cobustion chamber for a o ring to work"
Not a large cam and stock compression is fine with me. Really would like a C/H install kit???? (or autozone)
Thanks
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Do the heads that you bought have a groove cut in them around the combustion chamber?? Or, do you just need a gasket that has a larger bore diameter to make sure that the gasket doesn't protrude into the combustion chamber??
Thread Starter
Launching!
Joined: Jan 2003
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From: Saginaw, MI
yea, but there is a wide difference in the gasket bore sizes for the ls1 from 4.060 thur atleast 4.135. I haven't figured out what a 6.0L is yet. The other question I have is the differece in 6.0L heads and 5.7L heads are, CC are different.
