Help with Head Gasket selection
This is the pic off their webpage. Mine are buried in the basement at the moment. Need to get them out this afternoon.
Like I said, I was using a feeler gage and mill vise parallel. I've been cleaning the block all afternoon. I'll get the surface gage and test indicator on it later. I assume I need to rock the piston to get the worst case?
Something funky is going on with the crank and connecting rods. Pics later, but 6 of 8 have a copper colored coating on them, but the cyl numbers coincide with the hole. Number 1 and 7 are typical steel colored but 1 has no number and 7 is stamped 8. Obviously they aren't all original. There are some interesting marks on the crank counterweights that make me think that crank was in a wreck at some time. Wouldn't surprise me. Car is a mess with hidden issues, motor didn't run, trans blew up 50 miles after I got it running. Trans and motor don't match car and trans had external weights on the converter from a later car....and on and on.
How much over bore size should the gasket be? They have all kinds of diameters, some in stock, some not. Can I run 4.040 on same size bore or do I need a bit of a gap on the gasket? The top of the pistons are beveled so I doubt they would hit if they sit centered.
This is the pic off their webpage. Mine are buried in the basement at the moment. Need to get them out this afternoon.
Like I said, I was using a feeler gage and mill vise parallel. I've been cleaning the block all afternoon. I'll get the surface gage and test indicator on it later. I assume I need to rock the piston to get the worst case?
Something funky is going on with the crank and connecting rods. Pics later, but 6 of 8 have a copper colored coating on them, but the cyl numbers coincide with the hole. Number 1 and 7 are typical steel colored but 1 has no number and 7 is stamped 8. Obviously they aren't all original. There are some interesting marks on the crank counterweights that make me think that crank was in a wreck at some time. Wouldn't surprise me. Car is a mess with hidden issues, motor didn't run, trans blew up 50 miles after I got it running. Trans and motor don't match car and trans had external weights on the converter from a later car....and on and on.
How much over bore size should the gasket be? They have all kinds of diameters, some in stock, some not. Can I run 4.040 on same size bore or do I need a bit of a gap on the gasket? The top of the pistons are beveled so I doubt they would hit if they sit centered.