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V-8
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From: TURKEY/Istanbul
Registered: Dec 2003

posted 01-06-2004 01:22 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for V-8   Click Here to Email V-8     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Hi guys;
My mechanic told me to make an O-ring groove for nos usage.It is necessary for 200 hp nos shots?

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Buster
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From: Hurricane alley
Registered: May 2002

posted 01-06-2004 08:51 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Buster   Click Here to Email Buster     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Well, I've run heads both ways and equally blown head gaskets =) Well, three ways including the non O'ring setup. However, I REALLY like having my block O��ring��d and copper head gaskets.... no more blown head gaskets sense then.

If you can, I would recommend O��ringing the block and using copper head gaskets.

IMHO, the main concern cutting the O��ring receiver grove the head and using wireloc head gaskets is the receiver grove width and depth must be just right, if the depth is too deep, then it��s like running regular head gaskets.

Now, using copper head gaskets with a O��ring'd block crushes the O��ring into the gasket and makes a better seal then the wireloc head gasket setup IMO.

However, if you��re fuel/air mixture and NOS setup is on the money I don��t think you would have a problem no matter what setup you use. I��ve only run a max of 150 shot, so I really can��t say about the 200 shot. But the only time I��ve blown head gaskets is when I��ve leaned it out... my fault.

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Daniel Jones
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posted 01-06-2004 11:12 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Daniel Jones   Click Here to Email Daniel Jones     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
> But the only time I��ve blown head gaskets is when I��ve leaned it out.

For precisely this reason, some of the big boost turbo guys prefer not o-ringing the heads. They see the headgaskets as a fuse. Usually when a headgasket goes it's because something is wrong with the tune. Better to pop a gasket than to hole a piston or pound out the bearings under detonation.

Dan Jones

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