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Old 11-05-2010, 07:53 AM
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zz4 heads which gaskets?

I am going from the regular heads to the zz4 aluminum heads i was just wondering which kinds of gaskets to use and also since its gonna be opened up what should i change out?




thanks for the help im new to camaro's before this i was into off-roading so this is newish to me
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Re: zz4 heads which gaskets?

Fel Pro 1003 is a good head gasket for that application.Outside of fluids,I don't know that you need to change anything,although new head bolts are certainly money well spent.
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Re: zz4 heads which gaskets?

Yeah I'm gonna do new head bolts but I heard of a badass gasket that a lot of 3rd gens use
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guess ill go fel pro and new head bolts
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Re: zz4 heads which gaskets?

the gaskets that I used were the same ones they use for ZZ4 engines. part number 10105117
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