Intake gaskets

[sixty9cobra]

I have been using a bit of oil this year mild driving not beating it too hard. I have a TKO600 so I'm not revving past 2500 cruising. The motor does run hot 200 210deg I have to admit, and I will be addressing that very soon. I've discussed the radiators and fans with Jay and Stangman. I hope its the intake gaskets the car runs good has a .700 lift roller cam about 620 hp flywheel. I noticed blue smoke during high vacuum conditions and the plugs look fine last time I changed them. Tailpipes are wet and oily which concerns me. My question is when I pull it apart what's the best intake gaskets for Barrys Proport heads? I bought some red rubber gaskets from Barry Yrs. ago but they are no longer available.


                                                       Harry

[Urgefor]

I'm a fan of the cometic gaskets.  Varying thicknesses available as well.

[sixty9cobra]

Thank you for the link. I wonder how easily they can be trimmed?

[Barry_R]

I have been having my own made.
Similar material to the BT ones I used to get (not quite as nice but same mgr)
send me your address and Ill send you a pair

[sixty9cobra]

I got the gaskets Barry Thank You they look great.

[sixty9cobra]

Looks like my oil burning situation is caused by printo leaks number four intake gasket is sucked in. I looked down the intake with a bore scope. Spark plugs show no oil yet the exhaust system is coated like an oil burner.  Thank you for sending the gaskets Barry R. I will be ordering a couple of sets and paying you for the one that you sent.

[6667fan]

Harry, how does the back side of number four intake valve look compared to the others? La Brea like?

Get stocked on utility blades for your gasket making class.

[sixty9cobra]

Backside looks ok front side is sucked in I can see the blue stripe about a half inch into the port. No sign of oil I guess it gets washed out or distributed everywhere when there’s high vacuum. I will pull the intake this week.exhaust is totally wet and back panel  of car has wet spots of oil.

[fryedaddy]

I had the same problem twice.i ended up using right stuff on the whole intake gasket!