Need some head gasket help

[stang2b]

My son is building a 302, he got over anxious and put the heads back on to soon, and torqued the heads and everything, the motor has not been cranked, but my question is can he still use the head gaskets even though they have been torqued and removed?

 

[2000xp8]

Which gaskets did you use?

The ones you want are 9333pt1 if you are using a 302 head, so if you didn't use them, you have an excuse to get them now, they are about 50 bucks.

 

[stang2b]

They are the 8548- PT-2

 

[2000xp8]

They are the 8548- PT-2

If you don't need to know right this minute, i'll ask the guys at the shop on Monday morning.

 

[stang2b]

It will be monday before we get to put the heads back on

 

[txstang84]

They are the 8548- PT-2

i don't ever remember these being anywhere close to $50, I can pick them up at the nearest Auto Zone for $30 for that part number

 

[stang2b]

He was talking about the 9333 PT-1's I believe.

 

[txstang84]

btw, what kind of heads are you running? iron or alum? gt-40, edelbrock...? the stock gaskets work fine with iron heads until you put boost or squeeze to them, then it's time to step up to the 1006. if you're running alum, i'd recommend 1011-2's, they've worked very well on my N/A 306 with edelbrock rpm's for more than five years...

 

[stang2b]

The heads are Iron GT40's no spray or boost planned at the moment. Just turning it into a nice daily driver.

 

[txstang84]

I never had any issues with 8548's before, they will work just fine, and are available pretty much anywhere....