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<blockquote data-quote="canuckxxxx" data-source="post: 190153" data-attributes="member: 2409"><p>I think you need a fire ring or else the gasket material will be destroyed by the combustion. </p><p></p><p>What if you just used coolant resistant gasket material (no aluminum sheet) that covered the whole head surface but only went to the water jacket opening at the tops of the cylinders. So there would be no gasket where the water jacket is. Then have a soft copper ring that went on top of the cylinder...you could glue it in place for assembly. It would the same thickness or maybe slightly thicker than the gasket material. You would have to experiment on the gasket thickness vs the copper ring thickness so that the gasket and the ring compressed down good when the head is torqued down.</p><p></p><p>For the ring you could use a piece of #14 copper wire that is formed into a ring and the ends soldered together. I think copper wire is pretty soft. You could try making a pair and putting them in place and torquing the head down and see if they flatten out.</p><p></p><p>Just my $.02</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="canuckxxxx, post: 190153, member: 2409"] I think you need a fire ring or else the gasket material will be destroyed by the combustion. What if you just used coolant resistant gasket material (no aluminum sheet) that covered the whole head surface but only went to the water jacket opening at the tops of the cylinders. So there would be no gasket where the water jacket is. Then have a soft copper ring that went on top of the cylinder...you could glue it in place for assembly. It would the same thickness or maybe slightly thicker than the gasket material. You would have to experiment on the gasket thickness vs the copper ring thickness so that the gasket and the ring compressed down good when the head is torqued down. For the ring you could use a piece of #14 copper wire that is formed into a ring and the ends soldered together. I think copper wire is pretty soft. You could try making a pair and putting them in place and torquing the head down and see if they flatten out. Just my $.02 [/QUOTE]
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