Solid copper head gaskets
Does anyone have any ideas if copper head gaskets work or not, are then better then the orignal?
Tony |
Most people that use copper gaskets do so because you can re-use them, and they will generally handle more boost than stock gaskets...
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Have any of the guys boosting used them?
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The disadvantage of coppers is that (as I have read in the past) gets "eaten" by water... any comments on that?
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Copper roofs are the longest lasting roofs.....and they are exposed to water....
I just hadn't heard that before, but I've never used a copper gasket before...but know some drag racers that do.... |
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FWIW, the true down side to copper gaskets is they tend to 'weep', or seep coolant until the engine is up to temp. Even fully annealed, they are not truly compressible. I ran a copper head gasket on my Toyota 22R w/supercharger 20+ years ago, and it was aggravating to say the least. There was always coolant leaking, and that was with ARP head studs and with an o-ringed block. Hylomar is supposedly the best thing to use to prevent or reduce the seepage, but I never tried it back then. |
There are some real interesting issues coming out it would be good to find some one using them now.
Tony |
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I've bought them and waiting to install them this summer on my second engine ... tell you latter !! :)
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Were did you buy them and how much?
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http://svx-motorsport-accessories.st...net/index.html I think it was something like 355 $ with shipping . |
To follow up on what Chris was saying...Copper gasket + aluminum block = dissimilar metals which can contribute to galvanic corrosion. Honestly, I think that LAN's approach to machining in a slight "step" around each cylinder provides enough additional "crush", making stock head gaskets adequate. A related point is that we're starting to see more HG leakage across the EG33 community now that we're getting more engines in the +190k mile region (mine included:mad:), so I believe we can take it as a given that the stock HGs are good for at least 150k miles (okay, now folks can chime in on how their HGs blew in less than 150k miles:rolleyes:)
-Bill |
Bill,
I agree with your point on the length of time the current head gaskets last as the one on my car is failing now and the car has 440,000 K on it. The eonly time you get trouble earlier is if you cook the engine for some reason. Tony |
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