jeepsr4ever
Ok guys looks like we get the good stuff this time, copper head gaskets, fits 343-360-390-401. We have .030 gaskets available now pricing is as follows
.030 $50 each $92 pair
.064 $55 each $98 pair
Dead soft copper
Tigger
Perfect timing :D Can't wait to see them
jeepsr4ever
they came out looking alot like fel-pro head gaskets.......???? I guess fel-pro is pretty good at their measurements!.....LOL
Briteblock
Wasnt there someone making these years ago? I havent seen them in 8yrs
78304CJ-7
Yeah it has been along time, however I did see one on Ebay not to long ago, kinda kicking myself for not getting it :(
For the life of me I can't remember the name of it. I know a guy who made one out of copper flashing the kind they roof with, said it worked good.
-RJ
jeepsr4ever
scary :shock:
78304CJ-7
jeepsr4ever
I think that is illegal to sell in the US! Asbestos while being a good insulator, is VERY VERY deadly to one health, when i was at 3M we took alot of training on the dangers on asbestos and they basically told us that it was in 3M and that it will probly never be out of the buildings.....WHOA!
78304CJ-7
From the looks of it I would say they are NOS, so at this point I think they would be ok to sell, just not manufacture now. The packaging looks old for sure though.
-RJ
jeepsr4ever
yeah they are from the 70's.....but you wouldnt catch me owning or being in the same shop with those gaskets :shock: .asbestos....!!! :shock:
kirkwood
Can we get a brief course on the merits and best applications for copper head gaskets over the Fel-Pro/ROL composite styles?
Thanks!
jeepsr4ever
composite gaskets are decent and they are also made very cheap, but CANT hold up to the stress that a dead soft copper gasket can, Copper gaskets are used by the elite draggers and extreme engine builders, the term dead soft means annealed, the term annealed means to soften or bring back to original properties. These gaskets are a leak proof solution and in MANY cases can be used more than once. Think of copper as the cadillac of gaskets with composite the ford and chevy's
78304CJ-7
jeepsr4ever wrote Think of copper as the cadillac of gaskets with composite the ford and chevy's
Correction, that should read:
Think of copper as the AMC's of gaskets with composite the ford and chevy's.
:shock:
-RJ
jeepsr4ever
YUP.........ooooooops big time correction
XtremeOverKill
With thoughts on going with copper gaskets. What is the need for O-ringing the heads and block. ?? with the Dead Soft Copper, is this still necessary?
:-|
You have my interest, interest to learn, buy, and mimmic
jeepsr4ever
wire was the old way ...I dont even know anyone that uses orings or wire anymore, not neccesary to o-ring, but lets clarify what you mean by O-ringing
XtremeOverKill
I have heard of quite the spectrum of O-Ringing.
I've heard anything from a bead of Krazy Glue - prior to the application of gasket.
To Groving the block, and Head, such that a coper wire, - thickness I do not remember - would be crushed in this "groved zone" and form a perfect seal with the head and the block.
And then I have thought of putting a small gauge copper wire under the gasket, and letting that sandwich the two. - Basically increasing the contact pressure between the head and the block.
Mike
jeepsr4ever
You know ive seen many different types of (O-ringing) but thats not neccesary with these gaskets they are dead soft..which means annealed copper.......very maleable and dead soft copper is the BEST gasket you can run for a head gasket
jeepsr4ever
BTT :t: :!: :lo1l:
thigh19
We used to use copper head gaskets on blown BBC, but the heads were milled for 0-ring. We used copper wire.
I'm getting ready to use copper header gaskets, never have, but I figure with the cheap, ur I mean, inexpensive headers I buy, maybe the gaskets won't blow out so quick.
Oh, and on that asbestos thing, The small amount that is used in head gaskets, I wouldn't worry to awful much.
