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Cheaper head gaskets?
Just checked Motosports OEM parts for a 01KDX 200 head gasket and it's $25
Any where cheaper or is THAT the way it is.
Anyone : If you have extra's or spare's or no longer need the one's you have , P M me.
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Any where cheaper or is THAT the way it is.
Anyone : If you have extra's or spare's or no longer need the one's you have , P M me.
THANKS!!
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RonAyers has it for $20.83. Not much difference?
17%. That's a chunk.
Buy two of 'em!!
ebay has cometic SETS for $30-32.
17%. That's a chunk.
Buy two of 'em!!
ebay has cometic SETS for $30-32.
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As a matter of fact..I think that tonight when I'm done pressing the last piece I need for my homemade Ferrari, I'll retool and pop out a few KDX head gaskets!
Uh...everybody DOES have one'a these, right?
Why not?r1inoz wrote:can u make yr own from copper sheet???
As a matter of fact..I think that tonight when I'm done pressing the last piece I need for my homemade Ferrari, I'll retool and pop out a few KDX head gaskets!
Uh...everybody DOES have one'a these, right?
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If you use Kopper Kote, probably a good idea to clean the excess off the water jacket restrictor part of the head gasket else you will get little pieces of Kopper Kote floating around in the coolant.
Best place to find 'em? Stuck to the inner seal gasket of your radiator cap. Don't know 'bout anyone else, but the only thing I want sticking to that gasket surface is nothing.
Best place to find 'em? Stuck to the inner seal gasket of your radiator cap. Don't know 'bout anyone else, but the only thing I want sticking to that gasket surface is nothing.
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Seems to stick pretty good, never had any floaties in the cooling system
that I have seen and if there were the amount would be so minimal it wouldn't hurt nothing anyway.
Plus, after the original gasket is crushed under torque it helps fill any
voids on the gasket being reused.
But, If had a fancy press factory like yours CC I wouldn't be using copper coat.
that I have seen and if there were the amount would be so minimal it wouldn't hurt nothing anyway.
Plus, after the original gasket is crushed under torque it helps fill any
voids on the gasket being reused.
But, If had a fancy press factory like yours CC I wouldn't be using copper coat.
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I say... go for it!
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I'm sure you wouldn't have any problem with making one. Heck..make a bunch of 'em and sell them on ebay!r1inoz wrote:yeh no one likes a smart ass cc!
im a sheet metal worker and worked with copper sheet alot.
even 0.6 mm copper sheet would work!
please tell me why it wouldnt just so i know!
as for the giant press,why do u need that to punch out flimsy metal shims?
You might have found your niche in life!
Isn't that great!
If an 8000HP 496inch KB motor can use copper shim gaskets, I s'pose that might just work for a KDX.
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I don't think that was ever written...
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It has nothing to do with why I think it wouldn't work. It has to do with the ability of most to make such a gasket. If you can..then..why not?
The cylinder pressures in that KB motor are far greater than anything the KDX is ever going to see..it's water cooled..and I promise that after every run the pit crew doesn't reach into their Cometic Gasket Bin to grab a new gasket when they put a new set of rings on their eight pistons.
The .6mm stock you mentioned (.024") is probably a good bit thicker than an OEM gasket. The resultant loss (if it is thicker) of combustion pressure wouldn't be doing you any favors...but if you can use something of a similar thickness to the designed head gasket, if you ensure the mating surfaces are as finely matched as that KB motor..there isn't any reason it wouldn't work just fine.
The cylinder pressures in that KB motor are far greater than anything the KDX is ever going to see..it's water cooled..and I promise that after every run the pit crew doesn't reach into their Cometic Gasket Bin to grab a new gasket when they put a new set of rings on their eight pistons.
The .6mm stock you mentioned (.024") is probably a good bit thicker than an OEM gasket. The resultant loss (if it is thicker) of combustion pressure wouldn't be doing you any favors...but if you can use something of a similar thickness to the designed head gasket, if you ensure the mating surfaces are as finely matched as that KB motor..there isn't any reason it wouldn't work just fine.
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I'm sure that's around here somewheres...but not on this thread.
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As a matter of fact..I think that tonight when I'm done pressing the last piece I need for my homemade Ferrari, I'll retool and pop out a few KDX head gaskets!
A cutting, often ironic remark intended to wound.
yeh not on here.
better check the ol dictionary for the definition of irony while your at it
and yes we do have sarcasm we just dont use it when ppl are asking legit questions and get answers about homemade ferraris
A cutting, often ironic remark intended to wound.
yeh not on here.
better check the ol dictionary for the definition of irony while your at it
and yes we do have sarcasm we just dont use it when ppl are asking legit questions and get answers about homemade ferraris