Doing the head gasket on my cosworth estate this week,does anybody have the loosening and tightening sequence please and what torque settings to go to,I will be using a 3 layer headgasket

 

Both same mate

 

Ok cool cheers mate,will I need tighten the head bolts a bit more with it being a 3 layer metal headgasket

 

I'm not going to say mate as I don't know...

 

i wouldnt use a multi if i was you jonsey

you really need the head and block decking to ensure full 100% flatness mate or you could have trouble later on

just use a small turbo escort cosworth gasket
more than man enough for what you run mate

 

ive always been told that a loosening sequence is the reverse ?

 

It says in the cosworth book that its the same for both mate

 

learn something new every day lol

 

This is true mate

 

Trouble is I need to get it done before next weekend and I've got either a group a gasket or the multi layer one,how hard and how much is a small turbo escos one going to cost and how hard to find one

 

give mat lewis a bell

fit the multi will be a mistake

 

grp a gasket is a small turbo gasket

dont use a multi layer steel one unless youhave the block decked aswell else it will not sit flush and will leak over time

and dont over tighten the bolts if you use a multi layer just same torque settings as std

 

i thought the grp a gasket was a standard 4x4 jobbie

and the small escort one has different fire rings ??

 

im sure the small turbo is a grp a one

 

im sure its due to having different fire rings that makes the small turbo one the better choice

there is a difference i know that

 

theres a difference between a bt and st gasket, but the st gasket is the same as a grp a one

 

YB1261 from Burtons they are £24