All Small Six head gasket

[Little 200]

After taking head off for some positive seal work i see that the pistons have 060 on top of them . The bore is 3.72 and new gasket is 3.81 will this be ok or do i need to find a gasket that is for a 060 overbore ?

 

[bubba22349]

HI Little 200, and welcome to the Ford Six site, yes the 3.81 opening of the standard head gasket is just right. Best of luck

 

[B RON CO]

Hi, I wouldn't know if that gasket is the correct diameter. We are fortunate to have Bubba, who knows!

 

[wsa111]

For your info the Fel-Pro is .048" thick compressed where the Victor Rentz-Carquest is .044" compressed.
Not a big deal but will up the compression slightly.

 

[CNC-Dude]

Even though the gasket bore is close to the cylinder bore, as long as the fire ring doesn't overhang the cylinder bore it'll be fine.

 

[hodaka100]

It is actually desirable to have the head gasket match the bore. They just mass produce gaskets and want to make sure the fire ring won't overhang with tolerances adding up and over bores.

 

[clochard68]

Is there any manufacturer out there that does custom head gaskets for the 200?

 

[CNC-Dude]

There are probably a few that do copper gaskets and I thought I heard of one doing an MLS gasket, maybe Cometic, but dont know it they ever followed through with it.

 

[clochard68]

XD-XF 6 CYL CROSSFLOW

XD-XF 6 CYL CROSSFLOW

www.cometic.com.au

The x-flow gasket will not work with the 200, right?

 

[CNC-Dude]

XD-XF 6 CYL CROSSFLOW

XD-XF 6 CYL CROSSFLOW

www.cometic.com.au

The x-flow gasket will not work with the 200, right?

No, it will have mismatched coolant passages and other cutouts specific to the crossflow even though the bores will line up.

 

[Little 200]

This site is a world of info for the sixes . Thanks to everyone for sharing your knowledge