Hi Jon
Spending a few hours with a burr and deshrouding the valves and opening the
head out a bit may be a better option. It will give increased performance,
and will mean that he won't always be needing to get special headgaskets
made each time they blow. I think the copper ones need to be changed every
year or so too, as they react with the alloy. Someone will need to confirm
this.
Greg
----- Original Message -----
From: Jon A. <humbersnipe@cox.net>
To: <alpines@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, 6 March 2002 14:53
Subject: Head gasket inquiry
> I know someone out there had solid copper head gaskets made up for a
> high-performance 1725 they were building. There's a fellow on the UK
Humber
> list who can't get fuel good enough for his high compression Sceptre
engine,
> and he's looking for a reasonably priced way to lower the compression. I
> figured a thicker solid copper head gasket would be just the ticket - but
I
> lost my saved Alpine emails during my "Windows XP incident"! (I h@te
> Microsloth) Anybody know the source of the head gaskets??
>
> Jon Arzt
> Omaha, NE USA
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