STANLESS steel marine head gaskets?

WAS WONDERING if the water jackets are same as regular head gaskets?

Prolly cause the valves to float.  

thanks for your reply dave never thought it might float the valves

A poor attempt at being funny. Sorry

looks like I will have to get felpros

Have you considered cometics?

ARE they pretty good

Most of the guys on here seem to like them.

block and heads need finish milling to use the cometics. Great MLS gasket, but sensitive to surface prep.

SOUNDS LIKE I NEED COMETICS

Two nights ago I lifted a head off of a BBC that had Fel-Pro head gaskets stamped "HIGH PERF / MARINE". Probably not unusual although I thought it was interesting enough to examine. The gasket appeared to have a copper tint unlike the Fel-Pro "Permatorque" series and seemed to be a bit more "tinny". Probably nothing special but interesting to me!

Dave.

or about the same

I'd think the Felpros would work fine and be alot cheaper.

The cometic stuff is typical used in High compression racing type stuff. Not necessary for a lower compression marine engine.

I GUESS ILL use the felpros THANKS FOR THE INFO

capncruncher1965 wrote:I GUESS ILL  use the felpros THANKS FOR THE INFO

I it would be best to decide on the gasket type before assembly begins. The steel shim gaskets require a bit different block and cylinder head finish than the composite gaskets.

Dave.