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Shiroelex

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I'm in the process of throwing some PI heads on a friend's 97 Crown Vic, and I was wondering if there were any performance head gaskets available for these engines. I had some copper head gaskets on a 302 once, that bumped the compression a bit, and wanted something similar. Any ideas?
 

SaleenGT2001

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most people run 03-04 cobra head gaskets
 

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I used some Fel Pro MLS gaskets and they were nice, the stock Ford MLS are good also.
 

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SaleenGT2001 said:
most people run 03-04 cobra head gaskets
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Only if the WANT a drop in compression ratio, most use the standard modular head gaskets......if you want a small bump-up in comp ration, take some material off the deck of the heads, but be very carefull as you could get into PTV issues......
 

Shiroelex

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The heads were slightly warped, so the shop is milling a tiny bit off for us anyways. I think I'll just order those Felpro MLS gaskets as Droptop suggested
 

CobraRed_96_GT

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Im just using FRPP head gasktes on my build, they've worked on ford's engines for 200k miles just fine. So i dont see why to buy other ones
 
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Shiroelex said:
The heads were slightly warped, so the shop is milling a tiny bit off for us anyways. I think I'll just order those Felpro MLS gaskets as Droptop suggested
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The Felpro are a great choice and great price!
 
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