Re: 1948 288 Engine Head Refurbish

Posted by jfrom@kanter On 2017/9/27 11:09:59

Head gaskets for flathead engines are made with a compressible center core or modern ones with compressible material. As these gaskets are not precision machined items they can often vary in thickness greater than .010" anyway. As to finding a good head being a scavenging search we have supplied many many good used and brand new cylinder heads for these models.

There is no need to go to the extreme of spray metallizing to return the head to exact original thickness, cutting .010 will not cause the valves to hit the head it will only raise the compression ratio a tiny bit and result in better performance.

Most important, after the motor is fixed the head needs to be retorqued several times after running and driving.


James From
Kanter Auto Products