O-ring heads

[DarthBuick]

I have my engine apart and it had copper wire o-rings in the heads. It also had solid copper head gaskets. The o-rings are kind of small and I want to know if I can remove the rings and use regular head gaskets. Or who makes copper gaskets

 

[Nick Micale]

Even though you do not give any details on your build or expected performance level, we have eliminated o-rings on some heads and used regular gaskets that worked ok.

 

[DarthBuick]

The build is stock crank with ARP hardware forged pistons,ported heads and intake. I haven't been able to find the exact turbo that I have but it is pretty big, The casting marks have been polished off. but it has a .82 ar on exhaust and a 3200sh converter

 

[TurboSmart]

i had o rings on my block.
stainless steel rings, not cooper.
i removed them and installed rjc headgasket.