DO YOU NEED A BURNOUT RESISTANT FORD 300 HEAD GASKET? - 07/03/05 11:39 PM
I do.
I took my altered roadster to the strip today with the new crossflow cylinder head setup on it. I have been collecting parts to do it for the last 15 years and working on this new program for three months. After an easy pass of 9.653 seconds @ 139.79 MPH I put down a 9.329 @ 141.48 at only 6600 RPM through the lights. Since it had a conservative tune up on it and old tires, the wrong carbs, the wrong headers and short shifted I thought that was not too bad but then I had to make the decision of whether to start optimizing the combination by making changes or leave it alone and bracket race it . I decided to race it and not touch the engine. Well I went through six rounds of competition before a blown head gasket ended my day. Now head gasket failures have plagued me in the past but this new engine has even higher compression and I want a long term solution to this nagging problem.
Therefore, I am contacting some aftermarket gasket suppliers to design and build me some steel laminated, coated head gaskets for the 300 / 240 Ford inline six engines. If you are looking for an extreme duty head gasket similar in construction to the ones used in the Ford Modular V8/V10 Engine Family and in other high tech engines that see high cylinder pressures then reply to this post please. Be aware that these gaskets will probably cost $150 - $175 each due to the low volumes, but a regular FelPro #1024 gasket is about $50. Actual price is still TBD and may depend on the volume ordered. It is worth the additional cost to me if the gasket life is substantially increased. I will only build what I have commitments for so decide how many you will want and reply here or on the www.fordsix.com website BB. Don't send any money to me yet. Thanks.
I took my altered roadster to the strip today with the new crossflow cylinder head setup on it. I have been collecting parts to do it for the last 15 years and working on this new program for three months. After an easy pass of 9.653 seconds @ 139.79 MPH I put down a 9.329 @ 141.48 at only 6600 RPM through the lights. Since it had a conservative tune up on it and old tires, the wrong carbs, the wrong headers and short shifted I thought that was not too bad but then I had to make the decision of whether to start optimizing the combination by making changes or leave it alone and bracket race it . I decided to race it and not touch the engine. Well I went through six rounds of competition before a blown head gasket ended my day. Now head gasket failures have plagued me in the past but this new engine has even higher compression and I want a long term solution to this nagging problem.
Therefore, I am contacting some aftermarket gasket suppliers to design and build me some steel laminated, coated head gaskets for the 300 / 240 Ford inline six engines. If you are looking for an extreme duty head gasket similar in construction to the ones used in the Ford Modular V8/V10 Engine Family and in other high tech engines that see high cylinder pressures then reply to this post please. Be aware that these gaskets will probably cost $150 - $175 each due to the low volumes, but a regular FelPro #1024 gasket is about $50. Actual price is still TBD and may depend on the volume ordered. It is worth the additional cost to me if the gasket life is substantially increased. I will only build what I have commitments for so decide how many you will want and reply here or on the www.fordsix.com website BB. Don't send any money to me yet. Thanks.