My saph been off the road for 7mths and in the first week of motering the headgaskets given up

prob been asked a thousand times but which is the best option for me ?

im on greys and t34 on a stock engine, prob pushing it abit but not realy bothered, the car had a group a gasket fitted by PE just before i bought the car but to be honest i dont think it was done to a v good standard as most things seemed to be loose on inspection....

Not gone completly but noticed a little steam lastnite, was a couple of hours after booking into torques it sweems to seal itself after 5 mins

will a group a fibre gasket be ok again and standard ford bolts ? should i use arp studs ?

cheers paul

 

wrc gasket is the way forward mate.....

 

is that the one that needs the block decking ?

 

cometic or small turbo escos gasket

standard bolts will be fine

 

i was told to fit a wrc head gasket by the grove,never mentioned about getting block decked.

 

There is one on rs owners club website brand new victor one Ł100 a1 rally told me head and deck has to be straight but not decked so you will have to check when off mate

 

all i know is the wrc one isnt as forgiving as the group a fibre one, im confused

 

Yeah you need perfect faces for the wrc gasket. Go for a cometic triple layer gasket. Work well and tough enough for your power level

 

Group A or ST Escos will be fine on standard Ford bolts mate.

Ive ran mine like that at 34psi on a T34.63 for ages and it gets hammered within an inch of its life everytime I use it

 

more money!!!!
think i need a need steering rack on mine...

 

piss take aint it, joe has one in his garage mate

 

just had mine done went for the yb0611 and standard head bolts.

if thats the one youre gona go for let me know i will give you the details of the place i got mine from,alot cheper than most places.

 

i ran an m a d 350 set up for 4 years on a ford group a one with no problems standard head bolts to

 

yb0611, is the one to go for paul
cheers shaun

 

not decided what one yet maybe the yb0611 or cometic and standard bolts, gonna strip head off tomorrow and have a goose

 

I would defo go YB 0611, and I would use ARP stud and nut kit, for people fitting these correctly clearing and checking hole depths there will be zero problems, but the std ford bolts will be fine at that level, many 500bhp + engines using the same gasket.
tabetha

 

500+ on a yb0611 lol i wouldent use one on anything over a real 380!

 

a YB0611 will cope with 450bhp no problems paul, loads on here use them, get one bought
cheers shaun

 

Yup,im using one on my new engine.

 

as said grp a or small turbo escos headgasket and standard bolts will be fine fella