Nitrous vs head gaskets

MiradaMegaCab said

I run SCE copper head gaskets. My heads are O Ringed and I have receiver grooves cut into the block. ARP head studs too. There simply isn't enough clamping force on a SB Mopar with 4 bolts per cylinder with boost and spray. Debate all you want with FelPro 1008's, Cometics, tuning..... Excessive cylinder pressure, excessive RPM's will result in lifting the head and ultimately a head gasket will let go. The ultimate in head gasket sealing is copper gaskets, O Ringed heads with receiver grooves in the deck... This will not fail.
www.scegaskets.com has some great tech under their FAQ.

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I agree o ring copper the best sealing setup, but if the tune isn't pretty dialed in it'll be a bigger disaster than smoked head gaskets. Lots of CR and juice means it's not gonna have much margin for error. I'd sneak up on it, and use weaker head gaskets as a safety valve until the tune is relatively sorted. Nuking the short block a few times figuring it out gets expensive! Even with a good tune the weaker gaskets likely will be a common failure. Once the tune is good, clamp some serious copper gaskets in and rock on. Still havent heard how much N2O he's running? If its a big shot then back it off, tune it work back up.