head gasket options?

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head gasket options?

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[*]hey guys im wondering whar the thickest gaskets u can get are for the 4.0 head i have seen talk about. 051 and. 043 im wanting to lower my cr any advice on what head gasket to use?
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The old style composite OEM HG is 0.051" but I believe the new multilayer steel HG is 0.043".
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Post by Retlaw01XJ »

Sure would be nice if there was a wider range of thicknesses available to fine tune our compression ratios!
Some of the turbo Buick guys used to stack the (single layer) steel shim gaskets.
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I believe the felpro 530sd is .052" compressed. Am currently running with over 10.5 : 1 compression
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www.ferriday.co.uk/cnc/decompression_plates.shtml


check this out. not for jeeps but someone in the US could produce this......... HESCO????
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Post by SilverXJ »

You would need longer push rods and quench would be non-existent. Better just to build the engine the way it needs to be built for the intended compression.
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