Bolted on my GT-40 Heads

[Ray@VSK]

Bolted on my GT-40 Heads Y303 Aluminum heads today & something that freaked me out was the gasket I got from ford had no cut outs for any of the water passages except two is this right, I called ford & they said I got the right gasket but I find this very troubling, is this right & the gaskets both went on differently, one side of the gasket had pertruding rings & the other did not, they both had front stamped on em telling me that they must face forward but the way they lined up was one side the pertruding ring faced the block & the other side the pertruding ring faced the head is this correct ?

 

[5spd GT]

On the blocked coolant passages...I cut out my gasket to allow the coolant passages to flow through...this is an ROL head gasket on my AFR's...

 

[giddyup306]

What kind of block are you using? I had to have my Boss block drilled to allow coolant into the heads.

 

[RydeOn]

This is right. I dont know the exact reason why, but you arent screwing anything up.

 

[Ray@VSK]

I thought the guy on fords support line sounded nuts, guess not

About got this baby done, tranny still needs put in & intake & the rest of the stuff still up, will post pics once I get my hood back & washed & cleaned

 

[65ShelbyClone]

one side of the gasket had pertruding rings & the other did not, they both had front stamped on em telling me that they must face forward but the way they lined up was one side the pertruding ring faced the block & the other side the pertruding ring faced the head is this correct ?

Thats due to money-saving efforts on the manufacturing end of things. They dont stamp a right and left gasket, just one that you flip over and use on both sides. I got a fairly universal Felpro gasket kit and I dont remember any blocked off holes unless they were at the back of the heads. I havent seen my head gaskets since January...

 

[bmorrisj]

what would happen with putting on the gasket with the water holes on the front instead of the back?