I agree that copper head gaskets should be great to use. I'm just not so sure yet why so many have been having problems with them lately.
I have used both the copper and the composite and not had problems with either one. But as so many posts on these forums have indicated, many are having problems with them.
I built my 261 just over 30 years ago and it has a composite (fibre) head gasket and so far no problems.
To my way of feeble thinking, if the head bolts stretched enough to bottom out in the hole before getting the head clamped down, then the gasket would do much more than just seep along one edge.
There has to be a common denominator in the copper head gasket problem. Now to figure out what the common denominator is.
