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[b-body-bob]

That's a problem with these mega-threads that popped up around Jass. You know the info's in there but you also know you'll never find it by looking manually.

 

[RUSTY Cuda]

Can't help on the gaskets, but very glad to hear that all that stuff is in good hands,
Any plans on his dream challenger?

 

[Stretch]

It is at a friends body shop and it will be finished. Jim is going to paint it as Pierre had planed.

 

[RUSTY Cuda]

That is GREAT! you have to post up progress on these cars, wish I was close by, I'd be happy to help in any way I could.

 

[Stretch]

The 74 challenger is not in my possession. That went to another very close friend of ours.

 

[RUSTY Cuda]

You could snap some pics now & then!

 

[TheIronSausage]

I believe Cometic will make custom gaskets, but I have no idea if that’s where he got them.

 

[Stretch]

I believe Cometic will make custom gaskets, but I have no idea if that’s where he got them.

Yes. that is true. My hope is to figure out who he got them from and that they might have as record of what he ordered. I do have his laptop. I might be able to find an email with the info from that company or hopefully a file of what he did. I just haven't been able to bring myself to open his laptop.

 

[Stretch]

I think I remember the name of the place where Pierre had the head gaskets made. I think it's 'Flatout Products" and the extremely knowledgeable young lady who answers the phones name is Candy. I plan to give them a call and see if they have any info in their system.

 

[TheIronSausage]

I just haven't been able to bring myself to open his laptop.

I completely understand.

I think I remember the name of the place where Pierre had the head gaskets made. I think it's 'Flatout Products" and the extremely knowledgeable young lady who answers the phones name is Candy. I plan to give them a call and see if they have any info in their system.

Best of luck.

 

[TheIronSausage]

Did a quick thread search. Found it!

I determined that a .060" gasket would be nearly ideal, but that's not an easy gasket to find. OK, it is but it's not an easy gasket to find that doesn't have an 8-11 week lead time at the moment, which is Cometic's current backlog. I don't want to assemble this thing on Thanksgiving or Christmas Day. While looking, I stumbled across a company called Flatout Racing that makes head gaskets. Summit had one set of Flatout's .064"-thick gaskets with a 4.150" bore. Unfortunately, I don't deal with Summit anymore. Plus, since the gasket bore directly affects my precious compression ratio, I wanted a smaller gasket bore if possible.

I called Flatout directly, and got a delightful woman named Candi on the phone. I know better, but wrongly assumed they had a receptionist. They don't, and Candi knows her business very well. I told her what I had and what I thought I wanted. She said that in their experience you want a gasket bore at least .020" larger than the bore, so my 4.080" gasket was not a good idea.
"What's the next size up?"
"We can make them to whatever bore you want. We can do 4.090" no problem. That would be ideal."
The time involved was an immediate concern. I don't want to do this in the snow. "How long does something like this take?"
"If you'd have called before 10 we'd have gotten them shipped to you today. I can put a rush on it and probably still ship them this afternoon Next Day. Would that work?"
Jesus. "No, that's not necessary. If they go out in the next week that's sooner than I'll be able to use them."
"OK, well we can make it happen if you need 'em quickly."
We went through the finalization process and she verified I had a W2 340 with a 4.07" bore and that I wanted .064" RCC* gaskets with coolant passages (they make them either way) with the 4.090" gasket bore. She took my card info, gave me a total, and we were done.
* RCC stands for Rubber-Coated Copper. It's a copper gasket with a thin rubber coating to improve passage sealing.