I rarely use anything BUT dead soft pure copper head gaskets sprayed damp, with copper coat spray, on both sides, installed on my engines, Ive YET to have any leak in over 15 years Ive used them
when installing almost any head gasket, but especially with a copper head gasket be sure to put on two wet even coats on both sides of the head gasket and install and torque while the copper coat sprays still damp
I got asked if USING anodes, in an engine is a good idea?
ITS NOT ONLY A GOOD IDEA ITS MANDATORY IN SOME APPLICATIONS!
if you were for example to use aluminum heads on a cast iron block with a copper head gasket (something IVE done frequently)
you need to realize you've effectively built a battery if you don,t use both several ANODES and at least a 50% or higher concentration of anti freeze as the dissimilar metals will cause the aluminum, to disintegrate over time without the anodes and high anti freeze concentration.
(mostly because they are re-useable after a good cleaning) and I pull the engine apart frequently for cam swaps and other mods
http://www.scegaskets.com/products/procopphd.html
http://www.jag-lovers.org/xk-lovers/lib ... skets.html
http://www.ekag1.de/pdf/1_motorschaden/ ... den_en.pdf
http://store.summitracing.com/egnsearch ... wordSearch
just make sure the block and heads are totally de-greased
and the proper tq sequence is used
now obviously theres lots of guys using standard head gaskets
http://www.aa1car.com/library/2004/eb80440.htm
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head gasket failure?
http://www.babcox.com/editorial/us/us80222.htm
when installing almost any head gasket, but especially with a copper head gasket be sure to put on two wet even coats on both sides of the head gasket and install and torque while the copper coat sprays still damp
I got asked if USING anodes, in an engine is a good idea?
ITS NOT ONLY A GOOD IDEA ITS MANDATORY IN SOME APPLICATIONS!
if you were for example to use aluminum heads on a cast iron block with a copper head gasket (something IVE done frequently)
you need to realize you've effectively built a battery if you don,t use both several ANODES and at least a 50% or higher concentration of anti freeze as the dissimilar metals will cause the aluminum, to disintegrate over time without the anodes and high anti freeze concentration.
(mostly because they are re-useable after a good cleaning) and I pull the engine apart frequently for cam swaps and other mods
http://www.scegaskets.com/products/procopphd.html
http://www.jag-lovers.org/xk-lovers/lib ... skets.html
http://www.ekag1.de/pdf/1_motorschaden/ ... den_en.pdf
http://store.summitracing.com/egnsearch ... wordSearch
just make sure the block and heads are totally de-greased
and the proper tq sequence is used
now obviously theres lots of guys using standard head gaskets
http://www.aa1car.com/library/2004/eb80440.htm
http://store.summitracing.com/egnsearch ... wordSearch
http://store.summitracing.com/egnsearch ... wordSearch
viewtopic.php?f=52&t=4403
http://store.summitracing.com/egnsearch ... wordSearch
http://store.summitracing.com/egnsearch ... wordSearch
head gasket failure?
http://www.babcox.com/editorial/us/us80222.htm