NTB: Ca18 head, stripped or complete

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KEMP
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need a head, i belive mine is warped, and it has already been milled, so its done for now.

need a head shipped to 45152.

shipped price please


bentvalves
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if it hasnt had like 2mm taken out of it, skim it again.

its likely had .005 taken out of it (5 thousandths)


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sjbsuperman1425
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go grab a straight edge and a feeler gauge and check for yourself. its really easy and could save time/money.

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KEMP
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it had 7 thou. taken off last time.

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KEMP
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if i take it and have it skimed tomorrow, should i use the cometic headgasket that i have since the surface will be true and flat? or should i reuse the felpro that is on it now?

what do you guys think?

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sjbsuperman1425
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mind as well try the Cometic, i mean you did pay like $90 for it right? if it doesn't work out, throw the felpro on there.

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...... did you copper spray the felpro? either way non metal head gaskets dont get reused, do-not reuse that cometic imo. Get it skimmed another 5 though if need be, get another felpro copper spray it properly yada yada....copper spray bro.....c o p p e r s p r a y

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KEMP
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i did copperspray it

it still didnt seal.

but i might as well try the cometic i guess


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