Source for Head Gaskets - ZR-1 Net Registry Forums

MikeG · 06-19-2009

I am trying to find a source for head gaskets for my ZR - does anyone have a good source?

jonszr1 · 06-19-2009

jerry gaskets, he is a member on our site .sorry dont knoew how to do the link thingy

tccrab · 06-19-2009

here you go:
http://jerrysgaskets.com/store/index...=index&cPath=0

TomC
"Crabs"

Ccmano · 06-19-2009

Jerry has orignals which is always the way to go. You can also try Flatoutgaskets.com located here in Illinois. He's a specialty gastket manufacturer formerly with FelPro. Currently he offers copper head gaskets for the LT5 but he has been talking about making standard gaskets recently. You may want to give them a call too.

H

LGAFF · 06-19-2009

I would go jerry, heard there were some issues on the flatouts.....copper.

Paul Workman · 06-23-2009

I know Dom had some issues with the IH gaskets - don't know where he got them, but I do remember Marc H steering me to Jerry's gaskets to avoid problems with the IHs. I dunno 'bout the head gaskets, how some ever.

P.

MikeG · 06-24-2009

I ordered the gaskets from Jerry's site last Friday evening, they were in hand on Monday! The ZR is in-line, waiting for the "doctor" to see it. I loaded it on a trailer on Monday. I had thought of driving to the shop (about 80 miles away) and thought better of it. It's a good thing - when it came time to unload at the "doctor's" shop, it wouldn't start. A severe grinding crunching noise, would hardly turn over. I'm thinking I now have anti-freeze/water in at least one cylinder. Waiting for a report from the "doctor" on lower end damage now.

Thanks again guys for the info on Jerry's Gaskets!

MikeG · 06-24-2009

Forgot this - I'm also thinking that since I didn't have the problem before putting on the special license plates, that if I change the plate to 1KOLZR1, my problems will all go away. What do you think?

bobbyhi · 06-24-2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by MikeG

I ordered the gaskets from Jerry's site last Friday evening, they were in hand on Monday! The ZR is in-line, waiting for the "doctor" to see it. I loaded it on a trailer on Monday. I had thought of driving to the shop (about 80 miles away) and thought better of it. It's a good thing - when it came time to unload at the "doctor's" shop, it wouldn't start. A severe grinding crunching noise, would hardly turn over. I'm thinking I now have anti-freeze/water in at least one cylinder. Waiting for a report from the "doctor" on lower end damage now.

Thanks again guys for the info on Jerry's Gaskets!

Mike,

Who do you bring you car to for mechanical work? I didn't think there was anyone around your area.

MikeG · 06-26-2009

I took it to Mark Zenk, in Sioux City, IA. I wasn't willing to let any of the shops here in Sioux Falls "experiment on the ZR. Their were a couple of shops that were familiar, but hadn't work on one. 3 of the 4 guys in our club(Sioux Fall Corvette Club) said that Mark would be the person that they would take their ZR to - so off it went.
Mark is just starting to work on it this afternoon, so I don't know the prognosis yet.

Mike

06-19-2009	#1
MikeG Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sioux Falls, SD Posts: 77	Source for Head Gaskets I am trying to find a source for head gaskets for my ZR - does anyone have a good source? __________________ [FONT=Impact]MikeG[/FONT] [FONT=Impact]91 Turquoise Mettalic #135[/FONT] [FONT=Impact]1HOTZR1:cool: [/FONT]

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jonszr1 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: lone pine and mammoth lakes Posts: 1,407	Re: Source for Head Gaskets jerry gaskets, he is a member on our site .sorry dont knoew how to do the link thingy

06-19-2009	#3
tccrab Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Folsom CA Posts: 1,655	Re: Source for Head Gaskets here you go: http://jerrysgaskets.com/store/index...=index&cPath=0 TomC "Crabs" __________________ TomC '90ZR1 #792 Honorary Pirate [B]If it ain't FUN, you're doing something terribly WRONG. [/B]

06-19-2009	#4
Ccmano Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sparks, NV Posts: 2,852	Re: Source for Head Gaskets Jerry has orignals which is always the way to go. You can also try Flatoutgaskets.com located here in Illinois. He's a specialty gastket manufacturer formerly with FelPro. Currently he offers copper head gaskets for the LT5 but he has been talking about making standard gaskets recently. You may want to give them a call too. H __________________ 90'ZR-1 #1461 Red/Black Ported Intake, Degreed Cams, OBX Headers & Exhaust, Fidanza FW, Secondary Delete, Custom tune, C6 GS Wheels. Sold 08 C6 Z51 Crystal Red Metallic Sold Vararam Intake, Tune, Sold 05 C6 Z51 Red/Black Sold 90'ZR-1 #1723 Black/Gray Sold but not forgotten 91' Z51 L98 White Vert. My First, you always remember your first. Sold.

06-19-2009	#5
LGAFF Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Crystal Lake, IL Posts: 7,194	Re: Source for Head Gaskets I would go jerry, heard there were some issues on the flatouts.....copper. __________________ LGAFF 90 #966-150K miles-sold 92 #234-sold 1987 Callaway TT #17 1991 ZR-1 #1359

06-23-2009	#6
Paul Workman Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Squires (near Ava MO in the Mark Twain N'tl Forest) - Missouri Posts: 6,493	Re: Source for Head Gaskets I know Dom had some issues with the IH gaskets - don't know where he got them, but I do remember Marc H steering me to Jerry's gaskets to avoid problems with the IHs. I dunno 'bout the head gaskets, how some ever. P. __________________ Good carz, good food, good friendz = the best of timez! 90 #1202 "FBI" top end ported & relieved Cam timing by "Pete the Greek" Sans secondaries Chip & dyno tuning by Haibeck Automotive SW headers, X-pipe, MF muffs Former Secretary, ZR-1 Net Registry

06-24-2009	#7
MikeG Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sioux Falls, SD Posts: 77	Re: Source for Head Gaskets I ordered the gaskets from Jerry's site last Friday evening, they were in hand on Monday! The ZR is in-line, waiting for the "doctor" to see it. I loaded it on a trailer on Monday. I had thought of driving to the shop (about 80 miles away) and thought better of it. It's a good thing - when it came time to unload at the "doctor's" shop, it wouldn't start. A severe grinding crunching noise, would hardly turn over. I'm thinking I now have anti-freeze/water in at least one cylinder. Waiting for a report from the "doctor" on lower end damage now. Thanks again guys for the info on Jerry's Gaskets! __________________ [FONT=Impact]MikeG[/FONT] [FONT=Impact]91 Turquoise Mettalic #135[/FONT] [FONT=Impact]1HOTZR1:cool: [/FONT]

06-24-2009	#8
MikeG Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sioux Falls, SD Posts: 77	Re: Source for Head Gaskets Forgot this - I'm also thinking that since I didn't have the problem before putting on the special license plates, that if I change the plate to 1KOLZR1, my problems will all go away. What do you think? __________________ [FONT=Impact]MikeG[/FONT] [FONT=Impact]91 Turquoise Mettalic #135[/FONT] [FONT=Impact]1HOTZR1:cool: [/FONT]

06-26-2009	#10
MikeG Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sioux Falls, SD Posts: 77	Re: Source for Head Gaskets I took it to Mark Zenk, in Sioux City, IA. I wasn't willing to let any of the shops here in Sioux Falls "experiment on the ZR. Their were a couple of shops that were familiar, but hadn't work on one. 3 of the 4 guys in our club(Sioux Fall Corvette Club) said that Mark would be the person that they would take their ZR to - so off it went. Mark is just starting to work on it this afternoon, so I don't know the prognosis yet. Mike __________________ [FONT=Impact]MikeG[/FONT] [FONT=Impact]91 Turquoise Mettalic #135[/FONT] [FONT=Impact]1HOTZR1:cool: [/FONT]