Originally Posted by bowler
These were bolts and I used Right Stuff on the threads, the 1 chamber had little white deposits around the chamber not sure if it was water? the rest looked good, Curtis I sent the Patriot heads to Al Dicksen (rhd) he called & said the valves were terrible as were the chambers & seats!! so when I get them back (new valves & 2.30 intakes) he said I should pickup at least 3 tenths which would get me in the 8.90's hope he is right!, Doug
Doug, there's absolutely nothing wrong with copper head gaskets, i prefer them to any other gaskets, even cosmetic, you can buy 4.380 X .043 gaskets from Summit for $92.00, i just use a spray sealer on the gaskets and let them set for a couple hrs. before installing them, they are really the only option with O'ring wire installed. In fact Summit says on these gasket you muct have O'rings it the block. Onn the blower motor i use the coper gaskets with o;rings in them rather than O'ringing the block and i push more than 30 lbs boost on a sm/blk.
JMO
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