Originally Posted by bud-weis
like this
[img:640:480:578f80be9c]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v303/charliesaff/Engine%20Build/P1010294.jpg[/img:578f80be9c]
charliesaff's engine i believe
That is called a rung bock, you'll need a cooper ring gasket also, this is where the fire rings are separate from the head gasket, the gasket costs roughly £250,
A wire rung block is slightly different, it has wire slightly embedded into the block a few mm from the bore