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Originally Posted by 745 TurboGreasel
I followed these instructions to a T, the head has held for years.
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Do you have an MLS gasket in yours, or a fiber one?
Wonder if metal vs fiber matters much if the studs are used. I used a Reinz fiber gasket in the one I did with studs. The metal gaskets are cool but becoming difficult and expensive enough to get now, it's almost the same price to do studs + fiber as to do MLS + bolts, and I think I would prefer to spend my $$ on studs rather than the metal gasket. I guess MLS + studs probably is the #1 setup assuming gasket surfaces are perfect too, but puts your investment in head gasket + hardware above $400....
Dunno if the gasket performance difference is enough when studs are in use to justify the price differential.
My thinking is that the studs are able to put enough squeeze on, with their different thread pitch, that either gasket type probably does the job more or less equally.