Finally got my S2 RST engine rebuilt, had the car running and everything was fine until the head gasket went after about 30 miles . Got the gasket as part of a CVH gasket kit for an RST, although i'm now not sure that it was an RST kit . The car was running standard boost at 8 psi.

So can anyone recommend a cheap but good headgasket as i don't intend to trun the boost up above the 8psi as i am going to sell the car

cheers

 

Standard rst gasket is about the best. If you got a non-turbo cvh gasket, then the failure was expected.

 

Standard ford gasket, their made by payen, and will take anything a CVH can throw at them! seen one with 28psi with no problem


It wasnt a felpro gasket you used was it?

 

cheers, guys.

No it was from a motor factors, think it was Motorcraft or Fram, deffo think it wasnt an RST item tho, went between pistons 2 and 3!!! at 8 psi!!!

Will get one form Ford then

 

Standard Ford gasket all day long.

 

As above, I really can't rate the Ford item highly enough. My Felpro went between 3 and 4 mid race with a Porsche Was repaired with a genuine Ford item within a couple of hours but I couldn't find the Porka for a rematch

 

Hell yeah,can't go wrong there!

 

Do you know why the gasket failed in the first place?If you can, give the head a check for flatness, it might be warped?

 

cheeRS guys

gonna phone those pesky ford chaps later on

 

I've never had a problem with Felpro ones

 

genuine Ford gasket everytime

 

i ve run 2.24 bar on a standard ford gasket no problems

 

Wes RS, Call it luck. . serious luck. . or change it before it gives up