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Originally Posted by sven
You'll need new head bolts (for the composite gasket). You should also upgrade your intake manifold bolts and valve cover bolts. These are availible from RN, AB, etc.
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You dont need new bolts for composite gaskets or any gaskets for that matter,what you will have to be aware of is that the composite head gaskets are much thicker than the OE steel ones there fore you will have to plane the heads a little more to compensate for the extra thickness as it affects the compression ratio by quite a margin,ive learnt this from experience I had to find out the hard and expensive way,
I also dont recommend the vaseline in the oil pump either it does work but does take too long to flow oil and that breif period of starvation can do damage rapidly,a better technique is to make a tool for use with a power drill simply a 1/2 inch length of bar stock with a slot cut in one end to accept the oil pump drive shaft with the distributor removed slot the tool over the oil pump drive and spin it with the drill till oil fills the pump mind your wrists it can jolt when you start getting pressure oh and if you put a bit of hose pipe over the end of the tool it keeps the pump drive and tool inline.
Cheers ONz
