X Head Assembly & Installation - Comments Requested

gtsdude said
What head gaskets are you using? Some guys use copper coat, I just had the heads off my 340 and used felpro 1008 gaskets with no copper coat and I have no leaks. I have heard of guys having trouble sealing the thinner mr. gasket 1021's, your deck and heads need to be nice and flat. I was going to use a set but didn't want to chance a leak. 95lbs sounds right to me, I usually do it in stages, 50-70-95. There is no right or left head, they are all the same, your rocker arms do need to be put on correctly though, notch down on both, driver side notch should be pointed toward the front, passenger side notch toward the back. As far as far pushrods being affected by the thinner head gaskets, with that small of a difference, I doubt it but may want to double check.

I plan to use Mr Gasket 1121g because it's thinner. I just checked my deck and it is flat as can be.

Stupidly I order 1 head gasket. Now I have to try to find one locally which will be a pain.

Also, I thought the machine shop would have removed the residual gasket markings but they didn't. Should I work at removing the gasket marks or just not care? I can feel them on the head.