So I get to the second head...

[Some Kind Of Monster]

And I notice that the second gasket it is missing some holes for cooling that I am almost positive that the first one had. Check out the picture. Are these necessary? Can I make them on say a drill press?
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[Some Kind Of Monster]

You can see the small holes in the gasket line up with the large holes in the heads. I think I know the answer to this question, but I am making sure..

[Fiat48]

No drilling necessary. Leave the gaskets alone.

[Some Kind Of Monster]

Leave them to block 90 % of the water ports :confused: :confused:
I like your answer a lot, but it doesn't make sense to me.

[Fiat48]

O.k. Drill them out then.

[Some Kind Of Monster]

No drilling necessary. Leave the gaskets alone.
O.k. Drill them out then.
:confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused:

[victorfb]

Leave them to block 90 % of the water ports :confused: :confused:
I like your answer a lot, but it doesn't make sense to me.
the smaller holes are actually put there on purpose to do just what you thought, block alot of the water. dont worry about it and run the gaskets. what i would worry more about is the notches ontop of the piston/pistons. looks like you had a valve let go at some point. the notches may not be a problem but if you can, try and smooth out any sharp edges. the sharp edges will creat heat faster and can cause that area of the piston to melt. not good. you dont want to burn a hole in the piston. did you have the crank and rods checked? since the piston obviously was struck by some foriegn object, it may have caused the rod to bend or possibly damaged the crank. also, that stuff on the edge of the piston (looks like some crud) needs to be removed. if you can use a vacume with a small tip try that. if all else fails, then blow it out with compressed air. i hate telling you to use the compressed air as it basically shoves some into the ring groove. also not good. but clean it out as best as possible.

[Some Kind Of Monster]

That's what I am looking to hear. Thank you. As for the piston damage that you see, it looks like you said to have been caused by a valve failure. It is now smoothed over and everything has been rebuilt since the damage occured. Don't worry, everything gets cleaned 100% before being put together. Thanks a lot!! SKOM

[Fiat48]

I am just like Burger King...you can have it your way!
The holes are small to restrict the flow of water into this area...so that the majority of flow will be through the head from end to end.
Leave them alone. But if you do drill them out...you are just defeating what engineers at Fel pro (and other) gasket manufacturers have found.
But it will run either way and you have a lake for radiator so whatever you deside.

[victorfb]

the pic is very dark on my screen so im not quite sure what you mean by "this aligns here", are you saying that is where the holes are in the block? are you sure you have the gasket on correctly? your not even close to lining up the bores.

[Some Kind Of Monster]

I am just like Burger King...you can have it your way!
The holes are small to restrict the flow of water into this area...so that the majority of flow will be through the head from end to end.
Leave them alone. But if you do drill them out...you are just defeating what engineers at Fel pro (and other) gasket manufacturers have found.
But it will run either way and you have a lake for radiator so whatever you deside.
Fiat:
This is my first attempt at building an entire motor. I have no idea what I am doing other than what I have read and what members here have helped me with. It just didn't look right so I wanted to make sure everything was ok. After all, I prefer the right way over my way if you know what I mean.
the pic is very dark on my screen so im not quite sure what you mean by "this aligns here", are you saying that is where the holes are in the block? are you sure you have the gasket on correctly? your not even close to lining up the bores.
Victor,
The gasket was moved in the picture to show the hole that is being blocked off by the gasket. I am sure it is going on right. My caption is supposed to show that when the gasket is properly alligned that the small hole in the gasket that the arrow points to will align with the large hole in the block that the other arrow points to.

[Infomaniac]

Put them on it is OK.
Hurry up you are missing valuable water time.
I would dress those knicks in the pistons from debris though.

[GofastRacer]

Gaskets are no problem, as Info says dress up those knicks any sharp spots are prone to detonation!..

[Fiat48]

I was gonna say weld up those nicks in the pistons but then I would have everybody wondering "What the Hell?" LOL So..yeah...dress em up.

[Some Kind Of Monster]

I took a dremel to them and it looks good. They weren't much deeper than the "60" stamped in there to begin with.