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Post  deliveredfast August 19th 2009, 12:42 am

Just went over instructions, it say install dry. But I heard people were using copper coat because of leaking issues. I'd rather be safe than sorry what to do?

It say matting surfaces must be smoth as 50Ra. I have no Idea of what my deck surface is or my heads for that matter. So now what do I do? thx!!!
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Post  c.evans August 19th 2009, 12:56 am

What kind of block are you putting them on? SVO, or OEM production etc.?

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Post  deliveredfast August 19th 2009, 1:06 am

block is IDT Ultra with TFS A460 head (18bolt)
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Post  c.evans August 19th 2009, 3:52 pm

My next question is did you get the Cometic gaskets from Lem? There's a reason for these questions and I'm trying to help.

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Post  deliveredfast August 19th 2009, 8:29 pm

No I did not. I got them from another member from the 460 site Steve Vance.
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Post  Lem Evans August 19th 2009, 9:07 pm

Steve is a good/smart guy...have you ask him ?...if you have why are you asking ?

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Post  BOSS 429 August 20th 2009, 12:29 am

deliveredfast wrote:Just went over instructions, it say install dry. But I heard people were using copper coat because of leaking issues. I'd rather be safe than sorry what to do?

It say matting surfaces must be smoth as 50Ra. I have no Idea of what my deck surface is or my heads for that matter. So now what do I do? thx!!!



hi

this will work, buy/order a spray can of hylamar, it sprays on gasket, coat both sides, very heavy,then install, i have installed these dry,and not dry,and now use this product on all copper gaskets, it works well, let sit over night,fire engine next day or so, we we tested them dry it also worked, i dont have time to go into detailes right now, its about 20.00 a can, 1 can will do both gaskets easy,


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Post  deliveredfast August 20th 2009, 12:36 am

Thx for the reply rich.
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Post  richter69 August 20th 2009, 8:06 am

If the surface on the block and heads is correct the cometic will seal dry. If its not or there are scratches on the surface you better spray them with something.
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Post  c.evans August 20th 2009, 10:18 am

The reason I asked about which block and who's Cometic head gaskets is because there is an alignment issue with the steam holes being in the right place. So you will need to check carefully. This much I know, the Ford FRPP A-460 blocks, the FRPP C-460 heads, the TFS A-460 heads and Lem's own part number Cometic gaskets have the steam holes in the correct location.

May I suggest that before you coat the gaskets with any adhesive material, and proceed to bolt the heads on,,,,, that you mock up first and check for enough pushrod clearance. If you are using high ratio rocker arms, such as 1.8 to 1, that will move the pushrod around some. Check with the correct lifters, pushrods and etc. and check throughout the pushrod's travel.

Hope this helps,

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Post  Lem Evans August 20th 2009, 10:28 am

Charlie , I don't think the IDT blocks have steam holes .

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Post  c.evans August 20th 2009, 10:33 am

My mistake, thanks for the correction.

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Post  DanH August 20th 2009, 11:20 am

correct , no steam holes and deck holes are same shape as oem block

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Post  c.evans August 21st 2009, 9:40 am

Deliveredfast,

Here's a summary. Use your Eliminator block and do not worry about drilling for steam holes. Use your Cometic head gaskets, with no modifications. Finally just use your TFS 18 bolt heads and you should have no problems.

As a side note. If you look at the deck surface of your heads and find the three steam holes between the four combustion chambers, you will note that those holes are slotted. This way they will cover both the holes in the wrong location, and/or the holes in the correct location. Lem was responsbile for making this change/correction about three+ years ago when the heads first came out. Very Happy

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Post  deliveredfast August 21st 2009, 9:55 am

Thx Charlie Very Happy
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Post  IDT-572 August 21st 2009, 11:10 am

Looks like we got the love back............... Cool
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Post  bbf-falcon August 21st 2009, 2:25 pm

IDT-572 wrote:Looks like we got the love back............... Cool
Dat's what i'm talkin bout Smile

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Post  IDT-572 August 21st 2009, 2:29 pm

That's the way it should be. Don't need to be a bunch of hater's Need to love one another. Smile
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Post  Diggindeeper August 21st 2009, 4:19 pm

everyone is edgey lately.. myself included. Understandibly so, but we'll have to learn to let things go.
i saw little lashing out today on the corporate site i never expected to see.
not serious....but some hard feelings could have occurred.
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Post  IDT-572 August 21st 2009, 4:35 pm

Gotta warm and fuzzy going on over here. cheers
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Post  bbf-falcon August 21st 2009, 10:34 pm

IDT-572 wrote:That's the way it should be. Don't need to be a bunch of hater's Need to love one another. Smile
I LUV YA BLAKEY BOY Cool Do YOU LUV ME 2 Embarassed

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Post  IDT-572 August 21st 2009, 10:57 pm

Yes I do, But Coon luvs you the most............. lol!
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Post  bbf-falcon August 21st 2009, 11:02 pm

Cool Laughing Laughing

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Post  72mav August 21st 2009, 11:03 pm

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