Tapered head gaskets

[54chevkiwi]

Mocking up a sbc, the decks are square but the crank is skew whiff, theres more stroke at the rear than the front..
checked with the crank in V blocks and a height gauge rotating to find the joirnal high spots after zeroing the first....
Journals are all nominal, no egg shape and no taper

the pistons are at .003 deck height at the front and .006 at the rear..
This is the best i can manage juggling the connecting rod lengths and piston heights.

Does anyone know who sells .005 tapered head gaskets..?
Maybe if i sandwich them between wooden planks in a vise it might taper them enough..?
Can i dykem and file .005 off the deck with a rasp..?






Im actually joking by the way haha.

[In-Tech]

Can i dykem and file .005 off the deck with a rasp..?

Im actually joking by the way haha.

Why waste time with the rasp? Go right on to the angle grinder, it'll get ya there

[54chevkiwi]

Will i still need to finish it off with a scotchbrite disc..? I mean, wont the grinder be a little coarse..??

[54chevkiwi]

Actually, no worries, im gonna take it to work, put a couple strips of tape on the low end and stick it on the surface table ... with a couple peoples help im pretty sure i can lap that .005 square again

[In-Tech]

I'm bettin on ya

[BOOT]

You could take it to this shop that my friend took his heads to https://youtu.be/Ji91voawPRs

[FC-Pilot]

Don’t worry about it. If it were perfect you would be hard pressed to even see a difference on the dyno. I would not stress about it unless you were looking for max performance in an “all out” class.

Paul

[rebelyell]

Flat Bastard on crowns of 7 & 8 ... and, just go with that extra cube or two

[In-Tech]

Im actually joking by the way haha.

[54chevkiwi]

You could take it to this shop that my friend took his heads to https://youtu.be/Ji91voawPRs

Not gonna lie, i clicked your link, i fully expected it to be a link to a headbytes video lol

[MotionMachine]

Sheeyoot, that ain't nuthin. THIS is rough!

Climax ra test (Small).JPG

[BOOT]

In the past I've cleaned up rusty iron head decks or blocks and used those cheap felpro blue head gaskets Lasted for years on an occasional cruiser that saw many passes until I tore it apart, there was signs of a few small leaks but it didn't smoke