this is something I've been wondering bout for at while, and now when I had to take the head of, I decided to take some pictures and ask the board

the thing is, that on the headgasket, that I've been using, the holes for the water, isent the same shape in the gasket as in the block... and this i STD RST engine

The gasket on the picture is a original ford gasket

This in on the inlet side:


and this is on the outlet side:



anyone got some answers to this... my thought is, could this be why my car easy run hot??? and If u buy a GRP. A gasket, would this have another shaped around the waters holes??

cheers in advance

 

are you sure thats a ford headgasket ? dosent look like it to me

I have used a ford headgasket before and I'm pretty sure the water holes were different to yours.

Dont bother with a group A or felpro, use a genuine ford headgasket or a halls payen one (they are the same but halls payen are a few quid cheaper ) Ford finis number is 1658584 .

Hope this helps, Duncan

 

dont look like a ford gasket, could be wrong tho

 

nope it aint ford one ive had one like it before bought whole head gaskit set from local car spares shop...did the job till bottom end went

 

whats wrong with group a or felpro's

 

The holes in the gasket are normal, they are designed to control the flow of water throughout the engine/head.

 

I believe it's to equal the flow around all the cylinders.

 

nothing really mate except the felpro is more suited to the 1.9 I believe because of the bore size. A felpro gasket is normally reffered to as a group a

I think cometic are now doing a headgasket for the escorts, not cheap though !! last time I looked I think they were over Ł100

Duncan

 

but WHAT if I cut out the holes in the gasket, so the fit the holes in the block.. would that be a STUPID idea, or could it possible help my problem wit high temps????

just at thought

 

cant help there, but this is a std ford gasket, ready to fit, i had here,
if it helps



regards dave

 

hi dave..

Im also gonna fit a STD ford gasket... and it looks exatly like the gasket I took out of the engine...

 

Whats the max boost you can run with a standard ford head gasket?

has anyone seen them copper gaskets are they any good???

 

std headgasket all the way, gammi u can run more than ure engine will take so
headgasket wont be the limmiting factor.

afaik payen make ford head gaskets. i'll get a pic of a new std payen one i have tommo and put it on.

 

Felpro Gasket is only Ł30.00 from Burton Power

 

Why get a felpro when std is best?

Heres a payen one, im SURE payen make ford headgaskets, or atleast the ones for our cars.

 

yes, payen make the gaskets for ford. Also if you get them from mike at ferriday there cheaper as well

 

Im using a standard ford head gasket on my car after having many problems with felpro gaskets, i also got the block wire ringed to make it even better

 

why dont you just go for a copper head gasket to start with 1 you can get alower compresion ratio an 2 they will not blow out. go to http://www.ferriday.co.uk/ they have a range of gaskets to use thay are about 100 quid and i have seen a cortina with a cosworth lump in using one and it runs 10 second 1/4ers

 

Are the above any good?

 

well back in the day they were all the rage on the pinto but you do have to have good flat gasket surfaces to avoid oil,water, air leaks i think they do o ring kits too for oil ways but that is extra i assume i has to be good if there is a high powered cortina cosworth that does 10?second 1/4s all day long and it hasnt packed up yet it will be on my list during my engine build