Preferred 200 cid head gasket brand.. Camshaft?

[Crosley]

Which brand (if there is more than 1) of head gasket to use on my 200?

It is a basic fresh build, cast pistons, ARP bolts / stud kit. D8 log head will be on the engine, Pacemaker header, C-4 trans , 3.55 rear gear.

I bought a 280* camshaft from Mike way back when this was to be a turbo engine... that project engine is now dead. A basic fresh 200cid engine, .030 over is under construction now.

Smaller camshaft will be needed

Just a street driven engine now.

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[82F100]

Crosley probably the 264 from Mike or a similar cam seems to be a god balanced street cam.

 

[JackFish]

seems to be a god balanced street cam.

"insert funny remark here"

 

[ludwig]

Some of us should be hitting the hay about now. Just look at the quality of our work.

 

[Anlushac11]

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Classic Inlines has the Corteco head gaskets which are really good.

http://www.classicinlines.com/proddetai ... D200%2DCHG

 

[bigcatchdaniel555]

If you dont wanna buy a new cam buy a set of rhoadslifters. They are geat from what I hear you will have a 268 cam at idle and part throttle but it will scream with the 280 duration at high rpms.
Dan

 

[Crosley]

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Classic Inlines has the Corteco head gaskets which are really good.

http://www.classicinlines.com/proddetai ... D200%2DCHG

I am ashamed I over looked that gasket on CI..... I have spent my recent time there reading Mike's tech stuff on camshafts.

My experience on street cams has been : " less is more" when talking of how the engine acts for daily driving chores

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[falcon60]

Crosley-

I just last week measured a FelPro head gasket at .045" thickness before crushing,so .040-.042 would be a good number on that one.
As for camshaft selection you are correct about "less is more" on a driver. I have Mike's 264 single pattern/110 lobe sep in my 10.2:1 compression 200 with a manual trans in the Falcon,and it idles rough enough that I would not like it with an auto trans. The 112 lobe sep 264 would be a better choice. The cam pulls very hard though,and has no flat spot at all. As soon as it's above 1200 rpm it is making power.
I am using the cheap 302 valve springs from Mike and they fit and work very well.

Terry

 

[Crosley]

After checking around , a common thickness on crushed head gaskets is .039 - .042 when talking about SBF or SBC engines.


I am told this thickness would be better for the quench area of the chamber.