Looking For Ported Iron Heads

[asu_nate]

Looking for some ported stock iron heads, bare or complete. Found out the ones on the car I bought with blown head gaskets have been milled so much and the deck is so thin I don't think they will hold a gasket. I'm in the Phoenix, AZ area. Let me know what you have.

Nate

 

[Phoneguy]

My aluminum heads have .044 milled from them, just how much is missing from the heads that would make them not useable ?

Bryan

 

[asu_nate]

Here is a pic of my chamber, not real sure how much it's been milled, but it no longer has the little scallop circled in red, so however deep those are at a minimum. I'm just not sure about them, seems like a lot.

 

[Nick Micale]

Bring them by Nate and we can check them for you.

 

[Scott Atk]

I dealt with a similar situation for years with .100" thick copper gaskets. It was a pain sealing out water but they worked fine. This was before Cometics were out. If I'm not mistaken, you can order Cometics in any thickness you want. Might end up with a 7 layer MLS gasket but hey whatever works.

 

[asu_nate]

PM sent to Nick...

Scott, it's not so much the height I'm worried about, more the thickness of the head deck and deforming and not holding a gasket under load and blowing the gasket for a third time (blown twice before I bought the car and I bought it with blown gaskets).