Valve Cover gaskets with AFR heads? which one?
02-05-2007, 07:28 AM
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Car: 1987 1SICIROC.....1999 TransAm
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Valve Cover gaskets with AFR heads? which one?
You guys with AFR heads? what cover gaskets you using that seal good?
THe ones that AFR says to use or others...I want to get me a set and seal the boys up!..
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THe ones that AFR says to use or others...I want to get me a set and seal the boys up!..
thanks
02-05-2007, 07:41 PM
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Perimeter bolt valve covers? I'm just using a set of the Summit house brand reusable ones- rubber with a steel spine. I won't say they seal up perfectly (pretty close), but that's not why I bought them- I wanted their reusability since I'm always futzing around in my motors. If I was just doing the job once I'd use a good set of cork/rubber gaskets with a wafer-thin smear of RTV on both sides.
FYI- do yourself a favor and get a set of valve cover STUDS. It's SOOOOO much easier than dealing with bolts. Not only will it hold and line up everything properly every time it also eliminates the possibility of getting a bolt started cross-threaded and stripping out the tiny valve cover threads. It's nightmarishly easy to cross-thread and/or strip out those threads on an aluminum head. Mr. Gasket, Moroso, etc.
FYI- do yourself a favor and get a set of valve cover STUDS. It's SOOOOO much easier than dealing with bolts. Not only will it hold and line up everything properly every time it also eliminates the possibility of getting a bolt started cross-threaded and stripping out the tiny valve cover threads. It's nightmarishly easy to cross-thread and/or strip out those threads on an aluminum head. Mr. Gasket, Moroso, etc.
02-05-2007, 10:33 PM
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I'm using some rubber gasket from the local Napa. They don't leak a drop (if they're put on right 
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