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Head Gasket question


red85

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V8 Engine Swap
Joined
Aug 13, 2007
Messages
1,129
Age
54
City
Kitchener, Ontario, CANADA
Vehicle Year
1985
Transmission
Automatic
I am now getting down to the nitty gritty parts on my swap. I have found a few complete gasket sets for my 2.3 but I am concerned about the head gasket. Should I put out the extra $$ for a specific head gasket or will the one in the Ranger 2.3 gasket set work just fine?

Here's the setup:

1994 Ranger 2.3
1988 Turbo Coupe pistons
1988 TC IC
1986 Merkur turbo
E6 ported
36# injectors
LA3
1994 Explorer rad
255 lph fuel pump
 
Don't bother, the 8993 will hold plenty.

I ran 28 psi from a holset with spikes above 30 and it held when the cylinder wall let go.

I currently run a 1035, but only because I got it new at a swap meet for $20, as opposed to the regular $60.
 

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