Cylinder Base Gasket....Tight?

[Jase77]

Hi Pelicans,

A little advice please. I've just put the piston and cylinder into the case to do the first deck height check on cylinder #1. I have the 0.25mm shims from the Gasket kit but they are tight against the new head studs that I have from Supertec. (Which are very nice btw) The shank of these studs do not have a relief, like the originals.
This means that the cylinder doesn't sit completely flat against the gasket/case. I haven't bolted it down to compress the Gasket any further because I wanted to ask for opinions on here first.
I'm thinking about removing a little more material from the relief radii so that they will clear the studs. Any one had this before? If so what did you use to create some more clearance? I think I will have to buy some thicker gaskets anyway, so I am happy to experiment with this set.
Here's a photo. You can see where the Gasket is being 'swaged' around the 4 Stud holes.

Nothing really serious at the moment and as always any feedback is very much appreciated.
Cheers,
Jason

[boyt911sc]

Jesse,

The copper base gasket looks different from the Porsche base gaskets I've been using. What is the kit brand name these base gaskets came from?

Tony

[Flat6pac]

Looks smaller because it's not a 3.0/3.2 gasket, looks more like a 2.2/2.4 base gasket.
Bruce

[Henry Schmidt]

The gaskets fit tight because the studs are a larger diameter.
Lightly trimming the gaskets slightly will cure the issue.

[Jase77]

Hi Gents,

Thanks for the feedback. They are the gaskets from the Victor Reinz kit. Definitely the correct ones for my 2.7.
I will give them a trim to have a bit more Stud clearance.

Cheers,
Jason.