Headgasket let go after taking the FRST for a run. Floored it then car noticed a big cloud of steam, water coming from my exhaust.

The car then went into limp mode, luckily i was close to my mates, I eventually reached his.
Had a look under the bonnet oil filler cap has got a mayonnaise look to it (Headgasket).

Started to take the head apart to get it ready to be skimmed and inspected. The car runs 200 bhp, Is the standard Ford gasket still okay for this power? What head bolts should I go for?

Thanks for any advise.

 

ford head gasket mate all the way

 

payen/Ford headgasket will be fine, i ran over 200bhp on my zvh/cvh turbo's and never had a problem, unlike bga ones.

 

ARP Headbolts are what i would go for mate!

 

I wouldn't, not on a CVH!!

 

really? I never knew that!

Why is this? I always thought they dealt with bigger BHP figures better?

 

It's not quite that simple. The CVH has a cast iron block and Alloy head. The reason for stretch bolts is to deal with the differential in materials and the way they heat up and cool down.

I began to have problems with the head lifting at 350bhp on the old set-up, but until then, they were and still are fine (although at this moment, I'm only running 320bhp).

 

+1!

 

oh right thanks for that! I honestly didnt know that!

Learn something new every day. So are you running OEM spec stretch bolts at 350brake?

thanks for that, as you can probably tell i am very new to CVH's

 

Yes, OEM Bolts and Gasket.

 

the thing is tho loads of engines run much more power than the cvh with a cast ally head and a iron block and run arps ,so i wonder why there not that good on the cvh.