Thread: Head gasket?
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Old 11-14-2020, 07:48 PM   #31
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Just curious. When you spray copper cote on your gasket what do you do about the overhang of the gasket due to the 5.5 head being physically smaller than a stock head/head gasket? I suppose you could mask it off?
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Not that much of it that shows and it hasn't been an issue to me.

I thought maybe you would trim the gasket since you want to "keep the outer edge clean leaving a crisp white gasket edge" instead of leaving ⅛" of gasket hanging out with sticky Copper Cote on it. Guess not...

I think I will continue to not use Copper Cote.
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