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I soaked them in 30w oil for a while before installing and yes coating the entire bolt. Using a click style torque wrench.
How about going with the standard blue fel pro .039 compressed head gaskets? May provide a better seal is case things aren't perfect. The 1/4-1/2 point loss you probably won't notice but maybe you won't have to tear into anytime soon. Some more food for thought.
Well wont that loss throw off with the whole combo?
Remember,
440's 'love compression'.
If the 'Block' and 'Cylinder Head' surfaces are 'true' and show no signs of
abnormalities, the 'Steel Shim Gasket is the way to go.
The Fel-Pro 'Perma-Torque' head gasket is by far the best sealing gasket out there,
and would use if there are imperfections in the block and head surfaces.
The 'new' Cylinder Head Bolts will make a difference over the 'older' and most likely stretched units.
You know something,
I've seen guys run Cylinder Heads with a 5 CC difference on each side of
an RB-Engine, and if it had good stuff {Cam, Pistons, Carb, Intake and Headers}
the Engine still ran great, with no problems.
One bank running 10.0 Compression, and the other at 9.4 Compression.
Nobody cared,,,,,,It's not that big of a deal.
Correct, I've seen guys run a 67' Hi-Po Closed Chamber Head on one bank, and an Open-Chamber on the other bank.Good to know. I guess either its 9.8 or 9.4 still gonna have a bad motor in a light A body right!:burnout:
Correct, I've seen guys run a 67' Hi-Po Closed Chamber Head on one bank, and an Open-Chamber on the other bank.
You couldn't hear any change in the Engine, and there was maybe only
slight difference in HP Output.
9.8 to 9.4 i figure ill lose 25+ hp
Absolutely erroneous. That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard. Your horsepower "loss" would barely show up on a dyno.
Absolutely erroneous. That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard. Your horsepower "loss" would barely show up on a dyno.