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Ol' Ron · 01-18-2012, 07:36 PM

Never use studs for the same reasons. To each his owm. Thus is why I love the Flathead, theonly wrong way to do it, is the one that doesn't work.

49r · 01-20-2012, 12:45 AM

The Edelbrock recommendation that came with the aluminum heads I bought is for 'Felpro copper sandwich gaskets part no.s 1055 and 1056' (49-53). If this is the manufacturers recommendation why are some people using composite gaskets for these heads? Is it just not a critical factor?
I did a valve grind after 22 years on my other engine that had composite gaskets and cleaning the block and heads was low on fun factor. Mind you, I did use composite gaskets on it again (all that was available at the time), never retorqued them after assembly until I thought about it 3 years later, and there was no movement in the bolts. Hopefully it'll be another 22 years before I pull these heads again ...

01-18-2012, 07:36 PM	#21
Ol' Ron Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Chester Vt Posts: 8,861	Re: Head Gasket Selection Never use studs for the same reasons. To each his owm. Thus is why I love the Flathead, theonly wrong way to do it, is the one that doesn't work.

01-20-2012, 12:45 AM	#22
49r Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Wellington New Zealand Posts: 308	Re: Head Gasket Selection The Edelbrock recommendation that came with the aluminum heads I bought is for 'Felpro copper sandwich gaskets part no.s 1055 and 1056' (49-53). If this is the manufacturers recommendation why are some people using composite gaskets for these heads? Is it just not a critical factor? I did a valve grind after 22 years on my other engine that had composite gaskets and cleaning the block and heads was low on fun factor. Mind you, I did use composite gaskets on it again (all that was available at the time), never retorqued them after assembly until I thought about it 3 years later, and there was no movement in the bolts. Hopefully it'll be another 22 years before I pull these heads again ...