Gasket making inquiry...

[rotorwrench]

If that is for an OHV conversion then I can see why you are asking. V8 stuff is easy to find. The old aftermarket 4-banger conversion stuff is a different story. I would go with copper on that. The material has to be able to compress and annealed copper will do that with some silver paint or copper coat sprayed on. Cutting one out won't be real easy but is doable with the right tools. Copper can be annealed by heating red hot and rapidly quenching in water. A copper head gasket can be reused as long as it it annealed and is still in good condition. Copper sheet is still used for roofing in historical restorative applications.

[hardtimes]

Originally Posted by rotorwrench

If that is for an OHV conversion then I can see why you are asking. V8 stuff is easy to find. The old aftermarket 4-banger conversion stuff is a different story. I would go with copper on that. The material has to be able to compress and annealed copper will do that with some silver paint or copper coat sprayed on. Cutting one out won't be real easy but is doable with the right tools. Copper can be annealed by heating red hot and rapidly quenching in water. A copper head gasket can be reused as long as it it annealed and is still in good condition. Copper sheet is still used for roofing in historical restorative applications.

'proper tools'. Would that be best done (on copper) with welder/cutter(can not think of proper name) for precision ?