You don'tneed fresh machined surfaces, for the steel gasket. Just check and make surethe surface is flat. The engines in both my race cars, are stock short blocks,
Charrlie, this is interesting, as the other board has advised me to have fresh surfaces when using a factory steel gasket. Thisfresh surface biz has always had me wondering how Chrysler serviced theseengines when in need of warrantee head work; did they use a steel gasket or aftermarket in service department?
You may recall I purchased one of these gaskets from you a few years ago, and have been holding off installing it in the quest for more compression as I didn’t want toremove block for resurfacing.
Would a Scotch pad would clean up old surface enough, and what kind of gasket treatmentwould one spray it on before installing.
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70Dusterguy,you need to measure your engine’s dimensions once the head is removed, runthese measurements through a compression calculator before any surface cuttingis performed. Guessing, or pulling a cutdepth out of your hat may lead to disappointing results.