714 mustang
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has any one else found the feldpro headgaskets to be total junk?
Anlushac11":d34og36c said:The bolt holes for the 200 inline six are close to bottoming out on a stock motor.
A common problem found is that if the head has been surfaced then the heads bottom out in the holes and give a false torque reading.
when i installed my milled head i dropped by the hardware store and grabbed some washers.it was easier than checking each bolt to make sure it wasn't bottoming out.JackFish":1w8p3197 said:Anlushac11":1w8p3197 said:The bolt holes for the 200 inline six are close to bottoming out on a stock motor.
A common problem found is that if the head has been surfaced then the heads bottom out in the holes and give a false torque reading.
When I measured mine I found this to be not true. I had mine milled .050 and there was still plenty of clearance in the bolt holes. I think this is a myth, but if anyone has any first hand experience with a bottomed-out bolt I can certainly stand to be corrected.
When a bolt bottoms out it will just stop turning, and there would be clearance under the bolt head into which one could probably insert a feeler guage.