Performance Head Gaskets

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  1. Shiroelex There's nothing worse than aut

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    I'm in the process of throwing some PI heads on a friend's 97 Crown Vic, and I was wondering if there were any performance head gaskets available for these engines. I had some copper head gaskets on a 302 once, that bumped the compression a bit, and wanted something similar. Any ideas?
    Shiroelex, Jan 16, 2008
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  2. SaleenGT2001 Active Member

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    most people run 03-04 cobra head gaskets
    SaleenGT2001, Jan 16, 2008
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  3. DropTopPony Noob Slayer

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    I used some Fel Pro MLS gaskets and they were nice, the stock Ford MLS are good also.
    DropTopPony, Jan 16, 2008
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  4. RandyStinchcomb New Member

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    Only if the WANT a drop in compression ratio, most use the standard modular head gaskets......if you want a small bump-up in comp ration, take some material off the deck of the heads, but be very carefull as you could get into PTV issues......
    RandyStinchcomb, Jan 16, 2008
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  5. Shiroelex There's nothing worse than aut

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    The heads were slightly warped, so the shop is milling a tiny bit off for us anyways. I think I'll just order those Felpro MLS gaskets as Droptop suggested :nice:
    Shiroelex, Jan 16, 2008
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    Im just using FRPP head gasktes on my build, they've worked on ford's engines for 200k miles just fine. So i dont see why to buy other ones
    CobraRed_96_GT, Jan 16, 2008
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  7. Jim@CMS New Member

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    The Felpro are a great choice and great price! :nice:
    Jim@CMS, Jan 16, 2008
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