Robert, are you not decking the block? It seems to me you won't know those
measurements until you measure your pistons and shave the surfaces. You may
also have shaved enough of the block to remove the recess's and would than
just use the standard copper gasket.
Charly
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert M. Lang" <lang@isis.mit.edu>
To: <fot@autox.team.net>
Cc: <6pack@autox.team.net>; <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 6:13 AM
Subject: TR6 Cyl. Head O-Rings
> Hi,
>
> I'm putting together another motor and I'm using a late TR6 block (with
> the recesses for the fire-rings in the head gasket). I want to use a
> copper head gasket and steel o-rings to get a good seal. The intended
> final compression on the motor will be about 12.3:1.
>
> If you have a TR6 and are considering this sort of option, please contact
> me off line. I'm going to have Mordy Dunst (www.headgasket.com) make up
> some steel rings, but I want to get a couple of other folks to provide
> some dimensions on how deep the recesses are in the block. I only have two
> '72 blocks to measure, so having a few more sample dimensions would be a
> good thing - and Mordy can keep the pattern around in case anyone else
> wants to do this.
>
> If you've already figured this out - I'd like to hear those experiences
> also.
>
> regards,
> rml
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