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Old Feb 2, 2010 | 04:04 PM
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is the payern/ford one best to go for ? currently got a felpro one but whilst the heads off i wanna replace it with the correct one. going to be running 280bhp or there abouts.
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Old Feb 2, 2010 | 04:58 PM
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payen mate.was good enough for christians 350 bhp so its good enough for most rs turbos.ive just removed my felpro gasket for a payen one just for piece of mind
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Old Feb 2, 2010 | 05:03 PM
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thats what i got a payern just wanted to make sure its the correct one. cheers!
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Old Feb 2, 2010 | 06:18 PM
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i put the 2 next to each other when i rebuilt my engine before christmas an the payan one was not as good quality as the ford one even though they are made by same company so put ford one in for piece of mind
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Old Feb 2, 2010 | 06:21 PM
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payen rated for over 300 best going nearly
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Old Feb 2, 2010 | 06:24 PM
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when you putting her back together mate ? havnt seen you up the garages for ages
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Old Feb 2, 2010 | 06:25 PM
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payen tried and tested and only a few have failed unlike many felpro and ford items.
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Old Feb 3, 2010 | 09:12 AM
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payen fan here, running 21psi through my zvh and not gone yet.
run countless rst engines and carb turbo setups without a single failure to date.
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Old Feb 3, 2010 | 09:45 AM
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here is the part number for ford one if you want it

Escort RS Turbo Series 2)-Head Gasket
Part Number: 1658584
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Old Feb 3, 2010 | 02:25 PM
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I used payern mate running at 22psi and had no probs at all!
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