Source for 273 Head Gaskets??

[toolmanmike]

Choose your bore size but check closely for compressed thickness. .010 or more in thickness won't make much difference. Neither will bore size.

Head Gaskets DODGE 4.5L/273 Mopar small block LA - Head gasket KEYWORD - Free Shipping on Orders Over $99 at Summit Racing

 

[MassDart]

Dang, I forgot about that one. Thanks for the reminder. May be Mr. Gasket has been listening to us. LOL

I hate to resurrect an old thread, but I'm going to be doing cam, valve springs, 4bbl etc on my 2bbl 273 motor. Will those gaskets work okay on my non hipo 273?

MR. GASKET Thin Steel Shim Head Gasket

Thanks!

 

[eekvonzipper]

I hate to resurrect an old thread, but I'm going to be doing cam, valve springs, 4bbl etc on my 2bbl 273 motor. Will those gaskets work okay on my non hipo 273?

MR. GASKET Thin Steel Shim Head Gasket

Thanks!

Yeah! I used those on My non hipo 273. Sealed Up Great, Holding Just Fine!

 

[toolmanmike]

I hate to resurrect an old thread, but I'm going to be doing cam, valve springs, 4bbl etc on my 2bbl 273 motor. Will those gaskets work okay on my non hipo 273?

MR. GASKET Thin Steel Shim Head Gasket

Thanks!

Yes

 

[MassDart]

Thanks guys!

 

[Krooser]

Slatsixdan had a source for lots of obsolete parts...Northern Auto Parts? Aisles of lots bought out from old stealerships and tons of NOS parts still in rotting boxes. Could you get .020 shim stock and actually make a head gasket? Cut the bores to size, punch all the passages out with a knockout punch and use a wire and mallet on a piece of wood to emboss all the raised portions to set the sealing crush height? Ive seen them come off old blocks and pitched them (351C bathtub gaskets, B-RB too) but I bet you could lather them up with indian head shellac and reuse them? I dont remember if they had a seperate fire ring or not, im thinking no.

I think that would be Northwestern in Grand Rapids, MI? Not sure but I think they shut the doors... maybe not. Northern is in Soiux City, IA. I use them for most of the stock rebuilds I do...

 

[Coolvibes]

Do you guys put any kind of sealer on those head gaskets so they don't leak, or are they good to go with the correct torqued head bolts? Re-use OEM head bolts or order new?

 

[townsend]

This may be the site slantsixdan recommended. Old car parts northwest: Now known as Old Car Parts NW in Renton Washington. They have a eBay store. Google Old Car Parts NW eBay stores.

 

[toolmanmike]

Do you guys put any kind of sealer on those head gaskets so they don't leak, or are they good to go with the correct torqued head bolts? Re-use OEM head bolts or order new?

I sprayed them with Permatex (red colored sealer) and used the stock head bolts. Make sure the bolt holes and all threads are clean. I used thread chasers and blew the holes out with compressed air (during the clean up process) and gave the bolts a little spray of WD40 before I put them in. Torque in sequence and in 3 or 4 steps to the final torque.

 

[Krooser]

Fine to reuse the bolts...new bolts are a modern thing