oversize head gasket?
Jan 14, 2007 | 07:03 PM
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oversize head gasket?
I'm after a oversize head gasket fot my s2 rs turbo, its running cvh block and head but the pistons are stamped with 85.27 indicating the bore size and the one i just took off has 87mm cylinder bore size.
any ideas so far i'm looking at a felpro item off ebay
Jan 14, 2007 | 07:14 PM
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felpro are crap just keep with the std rst headgasket
Jan 14, 2007 | 07:18 PM
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but standard pistons are only 80mm will this not cause problems
Jan 15, 2007 | 05:09 PM
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nobody use differnt gaskets for oversize pistons????
wot about the peeps with zvh engine, i'm led to beleive there 85mm or there abouts?
Jan 15, 2007 | 05:11 PM
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chunt69 , ive got a good idea, lets use an 80mm bore headgasket with an 85mm cylinder bore
Did you get my reply on your other thread mate?
Jan 15, 2007 | 05:33 PM
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Re: oversize head gasket?
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Originally Posted by chunt69
I'm after a oversize head gasket fot my s2 rs turbo, its running cvh block and head but the pistons are stamped with 85.27 indicating the bore size and the one i just took off has 87mm cylinder bore size.
any ideas so far i'm looking at a felpro item off ebay
iv got a felpro gasket on mine with no probs at all an runnin 280hp
Jan 15, 2007 | 06:06 PM
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chunt69 , ive got a good idea, lets use an 80mm bore headgasket with an 85mm cylinder bore
Did you get my reply on your other thread mate?
yeah i did
Jan 17, 2007 | 04:51 PM
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nobody else know of any other options other than fel-pro????
Jan 17, 2007 | 06:40 PM
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For the last time
Measure the size of a stnadard gasket!!! You may be lucky
Jan 17, 2007 | 06:57 PM
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For the last time
Measure the size of a stnadard gasket!!! You may be lucky
so do u not know of any other makes then
Jan 17, 2007 | 07:25 PM
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Jan 18, 2007 | 08:32 AM
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Jan 18, 2007 | 08:47 AM
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I have been using a Payen gasket for quite a while with no problems.
Jan 18, 2007 | 12:43 PM
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