Head gasket recommendations for magnum

schwinger said

Found the numbers on top of the piston. H814CP Which is Speed pro hypereutectic pistons. Looked it up and its for a magnum engine 1992 to 99 so i believe the cam is whats causing the problem. I frkn missplaced the cam card too when i moved into my new house so im gonna have a long day looking for that. This blows, should of degreed the cam but got to much in a rush for that trip. It ran fine all the way up there too but i do want to correct this problem so i dont have any future problems.

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I'm glad you posted all this. There are many on here who emphasize how important it is to degree the cam. Every single time. Like many others who done this crap for awhile, have seen cams be 6, 8 or more degrees off. Once you get the hang of it, degreeing a cam is very easy. Some guys make it way harder, using a positive stop to find TDC, but I can do it quicker and just as accurate using my dial indicator and degree wheel.

Please update this as you go. This will help encourage (I hope it will) guys who read this thread to degree the cam. It shouldn't be an option with any build.