Wonder if any of you ever heard the name "Big Bill Edwards"?
He was running a 301 Chevy in a Ford Ranchero at Bonneville and and was making 1200 HP with the engine at 60 psi of boost pressure.
I bring this up because of Bruce Wilkie's post #35. Bruce suggests that you could use Rubber O-rings around the coolant holes between the block and the heads.
That is EXACTLY what "Big Bill Edwards" did on his little chevy engine. He also ran a sealing ring in the block that sealed to the cylinder head. Bill's ring was gas filled.
Don Vesco knew Bill personally and had bought a set of gas rings from Bill at one point.
So as I posted previously, Vesco had the first gas rings for Marty's deal made for Marty and I.
The rings worked well in "Big Bill Edwards" 4 HP per CID engine if he did not go crazy with the boost (which Bill always did).
Marty's ring design sealed up the 406 cid Pontiac engine for the 3 years it was raced and it also was making about 1600 HP.
So the Sealing Rings do work, the rubber or Viton O-rings do work.
Have fun out there.
Tom V.
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