ty1435_4.3
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I just took off my head after runing it like 4 times. I want to know if I could use the same gasket again? TIA
head gaskets
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sytyguy
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Nope.
Gotta buy another one every time you remove a head after torquing the bolts. Sucks, but they are pretty cheap. Head down to NAPA and get Victor Reinz part number 5855. That's a single gasket and should run around $47 from them. Or, if you can wait, I can save you a good bit of money with one through my store.
If interested, just PM me.
Hood
Gotta buy another one every time you remove a head after torquing the bolts. Sucks, but they are pretty cheap. Head down to NAPA and get Victor Reinz part number 5855. That's a single gasket and should run around $47 from them. Or, if you can wait, I can save you a good bit of money with one through my store.
If interested, just PM me.
Hood
that's the same thing they told me...they are made of several layers of spring steel...thats pretty tuff stuff...i had read about people reusing cometics several times as well a debate on this at an f-body forum...one guy said he reused them 9 times IIRC...cometic did say that they are reusable within reason...in other words, they said if you reinstall them 3 times, they arent at 100 percent anymore...i ran my new ones for about three hours (in park) idling and small revs...tore down the motor, cleaned them up and reused them...they did not at all appear to be compressed or imprinted by the block or heads when i removed them...they are now back in and running again, but haven't seen any boost yet...
442typhoondude
Ty'less Bum
Cometic's are very quality and are reusable to reasonable extent. Heard a story of them being reused on a small block Ford running 52 pounds of boost. Not sure if it's true but I wouldn't be surprised at all if it were.
supersports10
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where do you get copper gaskets?? how much, and do you have to o ring the block, or are they a direct bolt on ??