Head gasket questions!

doogievlg said

I'm getting ready to put my motor back together and I'm sort of lost on what type and thickness of head gasket to get. I have edelbrock heads and sealed pro flat tops. I'm looking to get between 10:1 to 10.5:1. Is this going to require going with a pretty small gasket?

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Have you measured the volume of any of your parts?

Heads? volume above the piston at TDC.

You don't even say what size engine you have...


If you tell me what your volumes are, then give me the diameter and thickness of the gaskets that you plan on using, and engine size, I can calculate your compression and tell you which gasket to use.


Without that information, you are on your own.... "Guesstimates" are meaningless...



They once had a sign in a parts store that I used to go to. It said:

Wrong information will get you the wrong parts everytime...


Very true.