that gasket is pretty crazy. was it leaking?

That cylinder was down 40 psi from normal and it would blow coolant out of the radiator under boost and smoke out of the valve cover since it was letting pressure into the crankcase. Two more cylinders were egg shaped the gasket and we like 20psi down from normal on the compression test.

Kev

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are you going to run the same gasket with the o-rings?

Same style copper but this one is slightly thinner and is made by Clark instead of Hussey. So the old won't be reused it's going to get hung on my wall lol

Kev

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same style is what i meant. where are you getting those gaskets and how much do they set you back?

Clark copper gasket was like 120 bucks to my door I'll have to look for the number.

Kev

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not to bad. do they have different thicknesses to choose from or do they just make them one at a time?

Pretty sure he will make whatever you want. I had mine made within a week .093 thick the thickest he can make lol

Kev

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Love the setup. How much of a pain is it to get that thing tuned with a carb? Gonna. E rebuilding my slant soon and wantex to add some boost. But i have no idea where to start seeing as this is my first Caruretor car.

Now that I've done it I don't think it would be very difficult the second time around lol. That being said it can be kinda weird trying to figure out what approach you want to take depending on your setup and stuff. My carb took a bunch of physical modifications besides just tuning to get all sorted out but I'm pretty confident a legit blowthrough carb like a csu or c&s may have been easier to deal with than other carbs some people are using. Save yourself a headache and buy an AFR gauge right from the start makes tuning a millions times easier and safer for the engine.

Kev

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Update Engine freshen and fix has been back together for a while now. Learning to tig weld on a new stainless header here some pics if anyone is interested!

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looks pretty sweet. wish i could weld like that.

test

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1964 Valiant 4-door sedan, 225 turbo/904

Wish I could stand on my head to see the pictures.

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2 Mopars come with Spark plug tubes. One is a world class, racing machine. The other is a 426 CI. boat anchor!

12.70 @ 104.6

Very cool, Kev. Hope to see it and you in person someday...

Happy building,

Lou

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