mega power heads on viper

[lhviper]

I am running mega power heads on a 2004 viper s. What head gasket do you run with these heads, mine is leaking a little.I was going to change it.Who is selling these now that maxx. performance is closed. Thanks for the help in advance.

 

[maxdlx]

No one sells them now. I ran the stock had gasket if I remember right. Maxdlx

 

[full tilt viper]

Cometic gasket.

 

[lhviper]

It looks like a copper one in there now .

 

[maxdlx]

You spray them with copper coat to hlp them seal up

 

[lhviper]

Do I need to order any thing else when I go to change head gasket ?

 

[BETHEVIPER]

I reused my first viper head gasket about 20-30 times before I ever had a failure and then it might have been the jug wasn't decked flat. To make sure, I would only reuse one now 15-20 times. Us permatex copper spray, shake it for about 5 minutes before spraying, spray it out upside down when done and store it upside down when not in use or it will plug the pickup tube.

 

[Mac]

Wow - LOL. 20-30 times. I thought I was the only one. Many others have posted they change the head gasket every time they pull the head. I will say mine begin to look bad after 4-5 times. I do use the copper spray. The teflon coating begins to peel. Scott are you using Cometic gaskets? I have a 780 are their any other gasket choices other than Cometic?

 

[mopar1rules]

mac, i know hauck sells 780 head gaskets.....don't know if they are actually made by cometic for them tho. maybe call and find out??

lhviper, i used the stock viper head gasket. i had set up my buddies domes to run the stock head gasket....meaning squish clearance and trapped volume, etc, would all be what we wanted in the end, w/stock viper head gasket. i don't know for sure what your domes are set up to be.

also, i never tried reusing the head gasket. i hear of people having luck do it. i just bucked up the extra $30 or whatever and put a new one on. i'm kinda picky when it comes to that stuff i guess.

 

[Concept Carbon]

I use the stock viper gasket with my mega power heads I removed the center gasket, and spray them both with permetex.

 

[lhviper]

2 of my cly. leak a little bit of antifreeze ,what do you think just take heads off and clean everything up and spray it and put it back together ?

 

[Concept Carbon]

for the price of the gasket id replace it but if your tight on cash i would remove the gasket and seperate it clean it and spray both sides of the gaskets before you assemble them