New aluminum heads head gasket ?

[alex perini]

I have a 440 I'm changing heads on I picked up some edelbrock e street heads 75cc was wondering if anyone has used steel shim .20 head gaskets? If so did they work fine ?

 

[alex perini]

I have a 440 I'm changing heads on I picked up some edelbrock e street heads 75cc was wondering if anyone has used steel shim .20 head gaskets? If so did they work fine ?

Steel shim gaskets ok to use on aluminum will i run into issues

 

[rbbruno3]

Sent you a PM

 

[alex perini]

Ok thanks

 

[493mike]

Alex,
Check with Edelbrock for their recommendation. Do not use steel shim gaskets.
Mike

 

[Adam]

Or copper, obviously.

 

[aussiemark]

You see metal shim gaskets used on aluminium heads with cast iron blocks on a lot of modern engines but most of them also have stretch to yield head bolts I know a lot of turbo engines use them because they resist failure better then composite gaskets. SCE make some copper gaskets with silicone beads to seal water and oil passages and some with built in o'rings but having cast iron, copper and aluminium may cause electrolysis corrosion.

 

[Don Gould]

Just use a set of .027 3 layer MLS head gaskets, they are the best made
we sell them for $72 each to board members

 

[OZY71CUD]

Or copper, obviously.

We have been running copper head gaskets for 15 years on a big block with indy heads, no problem because its totally sealed.

 

[Mopars & Missiles]

Always go directly to the manufacturer for this type of information. Page 1, towards the bottom.

http://www.edelbrock.com/automotive/misc/tech-center/install/5000/5090.pdf