By Brent C. (152.163.201.84) on Wednesday, September 12, 2001 - 10:21 am:

It seems to me to be very possible to use the old head gasket as a template and just trace it out onto a sheet of copper. I bought a sheet from a local scrap yard and traced out the gasket and started to file and cut it. I was just curious if anyone else has tried it. By the way love the site, never posted before but have been reading for about a year now.

By Brent C. (152.163.201.84) on Wednesday, September 12, 2001 - 10:32 am:

By the way it is a EK motor. I also have an extra EF head that I am trying to modify to fit the EK block. As far as I can tell I just need to weld some aluminum to the oil drain back location and some to the water jackets and then file them to match the gasket, I also pocketed out the water jackets on the side that didn't match at all. I'm not sure how much extra power I'll get from this but I know that the chambers are smaller. I'm just playing around really if it doesn't work It won't be the end of the world.
Thanks

By Don (209.181.52.77) on Wednesday, September 12, 2001 - 07:34 pm:

I have used copper gaskets with good luck in several applications. Cut loose with the $ and have a professional make it to your specs.
They dont make them out of scrap, they are made of dead soft copper and annealed afterward.
For some competition engines there are some real advantages(closer head to deck depending on specs, the ability to resist severe conditions and they are reusable up to six times) You had better install them properly or they will not seal.
For a street engine you better go with a standard gasket.