wanting thinner reasonably priced head gaskets

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May 29, 2008 | 10:50 AM

zman1969

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wanting thinner reasonably priced head gaskets

I have searched and am looking for reasonbly priced .040-.045" head gaskets (IE no cometics) this is for a weekend cruiser and 75$ea headgaskets are a waste of money in an non FI and non nitrous application. does anybody offer these? its for a 3.90 bore engine with 64cc non milled heads - or am i wasting my time and should get Fel-Pros or GM or GM MLS? although i cant find much info on their thicknes either.

May 29, 2008 | 11:04 AM

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I believe Mr. Gasket are thinner and the price is lower. Not sure how well they stand up over time though.

May 29, 2008 | 01:47 PM

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I believe Mr. Gasket are thinner and the price is lower. Not sure how well they stand up over time though.

IIRC somebody on here had a set of these leak on startup. I would sacrifice a little compression and run GM if not Cometic.

GM MLS are .054 compressed. I would guess the GM graphite ones are very close to the same. I like the MLS cause if you ever have to pull the heads they come off so clean it saves a lot of prep work before they go back on.

May 29, 2008 | 02:08 PM

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mr gasket = JUNK the felpros are a tad thinner than the gm mls I got mine for 20 a piece....

May 29, 2008 | 02:46 PM

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I have had cometics not seal properly too.. Not just on my LS1 but a buddies 1st gen SBC as well..

May 30, 2008 | 08:12 AM