Im thinking about upgrading my headgasket as im upping the power soon(370ish),i was told when i bought the car that the block had been wire rung,does this mean i can still use any gasket? was going to buy a mountune 3 layer,but i thought i better check before i do

cheers

 

a standard one.

 

With 370 and wire rung block I'd use the Group A or even the standard gasket

 

You CAN'T use a MLS gasket with wire rings.

 

I use a plain group a gasket on mine.

 

Small Turbo Gasket or Grp A. I got a spare sat in the boot if need one tomoro Al.

 

out of interest whats the difference between this and my coopers O ring??

 

Genuine Ford group A one

 

standard one

gpa will dig into the head

 

what am I missing here?

 

Whatever it is, im missing it too as I cant see why you shouldnt run a group A gasket on a wire rung block.

 

I have ran the set up for well over 10k now with no gasket issues.

 

ask Andy then.

 

doug sterking rates the yb121 gasket think matt lewis doesthem for £30

 

gpa one will do the job but cause it is heavier round the rings it will dig into the head more will when removed later it will need a lot more skimmed off the head

 

Just bought a small turbo escos gasket for mine from matt lewis on the bay

for £27.50 delivered

puddy

 

i was alays told to run a standard gasket with wire rings something to do with the way the wire sets in the gasket, this was years ago now though

i would flatten the block and run a proper gasket