What would you use this for?

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shuggy
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What would you use this for?

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I was going through my stuff and I found a Copper 4g32 head gasket shim. What would you use this for? Sandwiching 2 head gaskets to decomp an engine? Its much less than 1mm thick..
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cheaterparts
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Re: What would you use this for?

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shuggy wrote:I was going through my stuff and I found a Copper 4g32 head gasket shim. What would you use this for? Sandwiching 2 head gaskets to decomp an engine? Its much less than 1mm thick..
sounds like a head gasket to me I use to run a 0.020" copper head gasket on a 2Lt astron ( about 0.5 mm ) that not an uncommon size
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Much less tollerance of head warp then im guessing? Or is there enough flex in the head to ensure A snug seating?
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shuggy wrote:Much less tollerance of head warp then im guessing? Or is there enough flex in the head to ensure A snug seating?
well if you are using a coper head gasket you do need both head and block to be true - I at the time couldn't get a 2 lt astron head gasket only 2.6 parts
of cause they would seal the head but with a large area outside the combution chamber for fuel/air mix to hide - this made no sence to me with the amound of work done to improve power

I had no problems with the copper gasket and of cause you can keep reusing them - to aneal them ( make them soft again ) just hear to gasket up till it starts to turn colour and let it cool
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