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Old Sep 12, 2003 | 08:47 AM
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Car: 1988 GTA
Engine: 350 TPI
Transmission: TH350
Head Gasket question

I'm in the process of ordering all the parts for my car
Holley Stealth Ram
Trick Flow 23 degree heads
Comp Cam 276HR
ET Streets

So I was wondering which head gasket would match up the best for an 1988 GTA 350? Also with intake gasket woule be best?
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Old Sep 14, 2003 | 01:55 AM
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Well, a lot depends on the deck height too. You want the "quench area" to be around .045" I think? See what you might have to get for the numbers to match. As far as the intake, get the one that matches your port size the best.
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Old Sep 14, 2003 | 04:57 AM
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Car: '89 GMC Pickup
Engine: 383 SBC Stealth Ram
Transmission: 700R4/VIG 3200
http://www.trickflow.com/index.htm

Head Gasket:

Fel-Pro 1010 for high output engines up to 4.155 in. bore (will not indent aluminum heads)

Intake Gasket:
Fel-Pro 1205

Exhaust Gasket:
Fel-Pro 1404


The 1205 intake gasket is almost a perfect fit for the Stealth Ram intake too. I'm use all three with TFS° heads and Holley Stealth Ram, Hooker headers. 1990 or so roller motor block.

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Old Sep 14, 2003 | 05:23 PM
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The 1010 is a fine head gasket, make sure you get the new design (black material with blue silicone beads around the coolant holes) and not an old one (blue embossed).

Several instances of the old design detaching the fire rings from the backing material and blowing out, not what you want. Hopefully all the old ones are off the shelves by now, just make sure.
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Old Sep 14, 2003 | 09:03 PM
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Car: 1987 Trans Am GTA
Engine: Miniram'd 383, 24X LS1 PCM
Transmission: TH700R4, 4200 stall
Axle/Gears: 9", 4.33:1
FYI: Felpro 1010 is a .039" gasket with a compressed volume of 8.9cc.

A factory small block chev typically will have about a .020-.030 deck height and the stock four relief pistons also are slightly dished and should come in at around -8cc or so (not sure on this - just an educated guess). So with the 64cc chambers on the TFS heads you are looking at a little better than 9.5:1 with that setup.... I would mill the heads down if I were you... A 58cc chamber would put you pretty close to 10:1. You can also look into the Felpro 1043 gasket that is an 8.2cc compressed volume.
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