just noticed woodford have some going at a reasonable rate but want a 2nd opinion before i order.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/COSWORTH-COMET...item35a635177d

them.

just i've seen most are 4-5 layer? i'm never going for mental power, max of 400bhp on a GT3071

 

I would go for a WRC gasket instead personally as they are now available at sensible money.

 

lots of people say the cometic ones were shit, but id one on for 4-5 years with no probs at all, but as chip says for all the extra money it ll be id go wrc

 

Cometic are fine for the power levels you are running.

As with all head gaskets, head/block must be clean and truly flat and the head bolts installed correctly and tighness rechecked after a few hundred miles.

Often enough its the installation that makes the gasket fail !

The only thing I dispute about metal head gaskets is the number of times they say they can be re-used,
IMO, you should only use them once..... !

 

I have used cometic gaskets on quite a few engines without a problem, but the way that the fire ring design is on the WRC gasket is better in terms of how its folded (I beleive that cometic's machines cant reproduce this), so with that available I would use it instead.

cometic = good enough for most applications
wrc = better and not much more expensive

 

i used cometic on mine and it was perfect; but i was ultra careful with the fitting of it. The head had a fresh skim and the block was check for flatness and cleaned.

this was a few years ago, but i know i looked at the wrc gasket and it was more expensive. But i dont know how they compare now price wise

 

WRC gaskets are less than half the price they used to be

 

Ł150 for a wrc one well thats what i seen it for is that a good price?

 

think matt lewis sells them for Ł150, i ve seen them on ebay for Ł135 but

 

Yeah that sounds about the right ballpark, try PM'ing steveboyslim though, he might be able to do them cheaper (he can with most good quality tuning items as he buys in such quantity)

 

ok thanx chip dose he do pistons and the like too? as am for a rebuild soon after i sort my gearbox out god dam 4x4

 

Yes mate, he does pretty much anything related to big power engines.

I buy nearly all my stuff off him, he is generally the cheapest anyway but more importantly unlike other people selling a lot of this stuff he actually really knows what he is on about!

He has a man who does gearbox rebuilds too for that matter (same fella Mike Rainbird uses too IIRC)

 

thats good to know chip thanx

 

No worries mate, so hard to find anyone reliable in this game so worth letting others know when you have done!

 

Its good to know these expensive items are becoming cheaper.

By the time I can afford a cossie again, they should be giving them away

 

http://www.carpartsexpress.co.uk/Per...p-708-742-476/

 

I'm running best part of 400bhp on a group A fibre gasket and I touch wood I can't fault it ...cheap too !

 

what make is it?

 

Cosworth

 

ive had cometics on one of my engines never failed at all ............

the current engine is on a wrc matt lewis does them at a very good price now

 

......i'm running over 400 and had a st escos gasket on the car for 3 year ish.....bit better design than a normal grp A and only Ł20

 

did you used to own an escort cossie, and used to sit in Mcdonalds car park in trowbridge, every so often? ....about 2003

was it dark green (mallard?) or dark blue with OZ super turismos on it?

 

Yeah that was mine..LOL