Another Easy One for the Crowd
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From: Tejas
Another Easy One for the Crowd
If you were to completely assemble an Evo motor and left it without firing it up, could you reuse the gaskets if you needed to pull it down and reassemble it?
I suggested that maybe you could reuse the gaskets on the rockers but not the head gaskets, but I never have. I've always thought if you torqued the heads then you tossed them no matter what.
Thoughts.
Griz
I suggested that maybe you could reuse the gaskets on the rockers but not the head gaskets, but I never have. I've always thought if you torqued the heads then you tossed them no matter what.
Thoughts.
Griz
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And them rubber gaskets in rockers??? I reuse!! if they are Not Pinched..visual inspection!
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Quit using Copper on anything but Paper, (one side only usually) when I found the Copper Blown Off but gasket intact!!
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On Head Gaskets??? never.. Not Me thanks
at anything around 15:1+ we didn't use any Head Gasket!!
at 10:1 or so (I like to use Pump gas) Dry Head Gasket on Dead Flat surfaces!!
at anything around 15:1+ we didn't use any Head Gasket!!
at 10:1 or so (I like to use Pump gas) Dry Head Gasket on Dead Flat surfaces!!
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Evo’s.. I’m still learning. Still kinda new to me. Only 5 total builds under my belt and a half dozen stock motors for maintenance. So can’t offer tried advice maintaining big EVO engines other than so far I havn’t had any issues with the stock Ultima supplied gaskets.
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From: Tejas
On solid copper gaskets
I've run solid copper gaskets with copper coat on both sides on my stroker shovel. Never considered this for an Evo motor though as the bolt up and stretch of the Evo cylinders kinda makes it harder to run. My opinion only of course.
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