Head Compatibility

[4 l-bodies]

Where can you buy those ?



'005' refers to the one type of Mopar performance headgasket.

P4452005
Carb, TBI and Turbo I

P4452006
Turbo II & 2.5 Turbo I

I was able to get new New Zealand castings from a local machine shop in MPLS, MN. The name of the shop is Cylinder Head Service.
I have had more than one person send me heads bought off ebay for port work. The Chinese heads looked like something that was forged... well in China.
I remember a thread on one of the forums. This guy received one of those bad heads. He returned it, and they sent him one of the better castings. Squeaky wheel gets the grease... I guess my point is, know who your dealing with so when you have issues, you have some recourse. Above all, ask questions! Like where was it made? What is the warranty? Does the warranty cover labor? Complete or bare casting? New casting with remanufactured hardware or all 100% new?
Todd

[85daytona]

Same exact thing happened to my bigvalve head thought it was the gasket put it back on and still mixing water and oil so ya aluminum heads suck crack way too easy...

[turbo84voyager]

An 005 can be used on a T2/2.5T1 cross drilled head / block and it appears that some sellers are just selling this gasket anymore.

[turbovanman²]

Oh ya' I took the head off and back to the shop. I told them to thoroghly check it again and they said it was cracked in several areas inside...?
Anyhow, went to the "yard" and got another doner. This time the car was running and nothing wrong... taking it to the shop this weekend for checkup...

Sounds like your machine shop dropped the ball the first time,

Same exact thing happened to my bigvalve head thought it was the gasket put it back on and still mixing water and oil so ya aluminum heads suck crack way too easy...

Nothing wrong with using Al for heads, same can be said for iron heads, a few models have bad cracking issues also.