Posted by Chris Case [108.247.147.185] on Friday, December 05, 2014 at 08:50:28 :
In Reply to: Why Make a Head Gasket So Narrow? posted by Greg Coffin [64.24.135.42] on Thursday, December 04, 2014 at 19:09:57 :
Like 190? 201, 217, 230. I suspect they bored away a LOT of siamesed cylinder walls.
Old Motor's manual says 201 was 3 1/8 bore, so deck was 1/8 wider then. Gasket was double the width?
201 was a Plymouth up to '41, numbered up to P-12. Probably NOT a good choice for a PW.