I don't need any, but does anyone have a reasonably priced source for the steel head gasket? Someone got one from me, and I did a little checking, and the ones I found, were about $25. One vender wanted $40.

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Charrlie_S
65 Valiant 100 2dr post 170 turbo
66 Valiant Signet 170 nitrous
64 Valiant Signet
64 Valiant 4dr 170
64 Valiant 4dr 225

Call Bill at 'The Chicago Connection'. I talked to him the other day and he still has a bunch of them that we bought up a few years ago. 773/229-0655

I still have a few too.

Charlie, did you ever run a steel shim on a joos motor? Did it hold up?

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I had a friend do a dealer parts search, and he only found two dealers, with them in stock. I don't need any. I have about 10 in stock. I was just wondering, so if anyone else needs any, they would have a source. I will help out someone, if they must have one, but I prefer not to deplete my stock at this time. If they are getting hard to find $25 is not unreasonable, but I think $40 is too much.

The motor that was in my car at Pittsburg, had a shim gasket. I lost compression on number 2 and 3 cyl, and thought it was the gasket, but when I pulled the head did not see anything wrong. Must have broke a couple of rings, or pistons below the crown. Have not pulled the motor down, yet. It was a "throwaway" motor. Totally stock long block, except for mild cam (that one I got from you) and 100 off the head. (204 wheel hp)

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Charrlie_S
65 Valiant 100 2dr post 170 turbo
66 Valiant Signet 170 nitrous
64 Valiant Signet
64 Valiant 4dr 170
64 Valiant 4dr 225

I don't know where in FL you live but their is one dealer in FL that has 1 in stock, if anything they might ship it to you part #2843182 list is $7.25 dealer info is:

BECK CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP PALATKA FL USA Phone: (386)-328-4701 / (800)-382-3692

Thanks, not too far from me, and I will be going through there next week. The part number I have is 1947578

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Charrlie_S
65 Valiant 100 2dr post 170 turbo
66 Valiant Signet 170 nitrous
64 Valiant Signet
64 Valiant 4dr 170
64 Valiant 4dr 225

that part # does not show up as good in my system ( it might be an old part # that mopar has removed from the database

2843 182 is the newer number, the gasket is the same as 1947 578, and www.chryslerpartsdirect shows availability on 2843 182 at $5.66 .

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Thanks guys. Like I said I don't need any at this time, but this should help others

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Charrlie_S
65 Valiant 100 2dr post 170 turbo
66 Valiant Signet 170 nitrous
64 Valiant Signet
64 Valiant 4dr 170
64 Valiant 4dr 225

Great! This is another one of those parts I am looking to gather for my engine project. Steel shims really work well as long as the surfaces are good and are my first choice unless there is some reason to run an o-ring style of gasket. Plus I can drop the compression a little with a Felpro or two steels if the gas gets any worse. Thanks for posting the info.

Are these for regular street machines?
What's the difference between these and a $100 gasket from NAPA?

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AKA Ice Titan

We are talking about a head gasket only, stamped steel, embossed type.
These are thinner then the composition gaskets you get in today's gasket sets.
The good news, the thin head gasket helps keep the compression ratio high, the bad news, the single layer steel, shim gasket design does not seal well on non-flat / used surfaces.
DD

I called Chrysler Parts Direct and the newer number that Dan posted 2843 182 has been listed as a discontinued item. No longer in stock, which I kind of figured.

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