I know that people have done this, but I want to hear what you guys suggest.

Im in the middle of another valve job and replacing guides. Im just trying to figure out what I should do before I get the head back.

FYI. This is on my Darton LS motor. Not stepped or o-ringed, flat as hell. The Cometic I had in their was the HP with the ring and I never had any sealing issues with it.

What to do?

 

get the block o ringed and a stock gasket.

 

No, Im not going to do that. Block is in the car and staying in the car, hehe.

Anyone?

 

Ive never heard of anyone doing that before. But since your a huge fan, Get your block O-Ringed and use a stock Gasket

 

Bah ahhahahhahhhaaahahah no

 

I have reused the regular cometics on the race car with good success, but I dont know about the hp model. Maybe call Cometic, they might have a yeah or ney for you. The way I figure, you can reuse it and see how it works. The worst that happens is you need to pull the head again and get a new gasket the next time.

 

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Yeah man, give it a try, let us know what happens too

 

no, get a new one

 

Anyone else care to give some sort of reply?
So far a driver of a 9 sec. race honda says it should be ok to try, and another board member (didnt reply to this post) says he did it with 3 coats of copper spray and he runs 15+ psi on his street car and hasnt had any problems since.

Anyone?

 

Get a new one...there is no point re-using it and possibly having it fail, etc. Copper spray can't solve all problems .

 

Cometic will tell you that if there still are ridges in the gasket you can re-use it. If it is crushed flat, it is time to replace it.