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Re: Correct way to install Felpro Head Gaskets

To: "Telewest \(PH\)" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>,
Subject: Re: Correct way to install Felpro Head Gaskets
From: "Allen Wulf" <wulfmgbv8@comcast.net>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 17:45:54 -0700
Paul,

I have two sets of the steel shim gaskets, one set off a Buick  215 that I
rebuilt and put in my car and the other off a Rover 3.5.  The ones off the
Rover measure .020 and have a number and "Made in England" stamped on one
side.  The Buick gaskets measure between .016 and .018 and have a number
prefixed with Mc.  That one must be a McCord brand.  Neither  are stamped
"top".

The Felpro I put on my rebuilt engine, I think,  were .040.  I don't
remember multiple layers, but have been told that composition gaskets will
lower the compression ratio one half point.

Al

----- Original Message -----
From: "Telewest (PH)" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
To: "Allen Wulf" <wulfmgbv8@comcast.net>; "Larry list account"
<list@marketvalue.net>; <mgb-v8@autox.team.net>; "'Buick-Rover V8 Group'"
<buick-rover-v8@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 6:46 AM
Subject: Re: Correct way to install Felpro Head Gaskets


> Steel shim i.e. very thin, the 'TOP' comes out backwards on the other side
> as does a reference number.  These have raised 'rings' around the
cylinders
> and water and oil ways, also on top.  I see Fel-Pro make some multi-layer
> gaskets with up to six layers of steel interspersed with composition, they
> sound pretty thick.
>
> PaulH.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Allen Wulf" <wulfmgbv8@comcast.net>
> To: "Larry list account" <list@marketvalue.net>; <mgb-v8@autox.team.net>;
> "'Buick-Rover V8 Group'" <buick-rover-v8@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 11:51 PM
> Subject: Re: Correct way to install Felpro Head Gaskets
>
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Larry list account" <list@marketvalue.net>
> > To: <mgb-v8@autox.team.net>; "'Buick-Rover V8 Group'"
> > <buick-rover-v8@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 6:41 AM
> > Subject: RE: Correct way to install Felpro Head Gaskets
> >
> >
> > > > Don't think mine were Felpro, but they were marked 'TOP'.
> > >
> > > Paul, Al's friend is also my friend.  I too spoke to him about his
> > gaskets.
> > > Turns out his gaskets don't say 'top' or 'front' or anything.  So the
> > > installation procedure is a bit of a mystery.
> > >
> > > I suggested to him that the metalized side goes to the 'hot' side,
which
> I
> > > would believe to be the heads.  But frankly I am not sure.
> > >
> > > Larry
> > >
> > Paul,
> > The next question would be:  Is the side marked  'TOP' metal?  I'm
> assuming
> > that the gasket you are using is a composition rather than a steel shim.
> >
> > Al

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