whats best to use?, heard there was a real good stuff to go between block and de-comp plate but its hard to get, mite just use 2 h.gaskets if ness

any ideas guys?
Ta

 

mad for it or something on ebay i think his shops called he sells them

 

Use Wellseal. Its what I've always used for engine building. Its the best thing by far.

 

The best thing is not to us a decompression plate at all

 

I thnk everyone's got their different opinions on decomp plates. i've been running one for the past year running 17psi of boost with no problems what so ever. Wellseal seems to do the job. Good engine builders have been using it for years as it can withstand alot of pressure.

 

 

compression plate!!!

such a bodge!

 

My point aswell

 

bodge or not it works for most so who cares


cheers for the help from the helpfull people, ill get on ebay and have a shifty

 

if you cant get this stuff off ebay then where else is it available from as i too would like to have an experiment too

 

kool... tell us when your rebuilding it

 

de comp plate worst thing u can do

 

what u building now nige?

 

1.9 xr2 on 40's asked a question as to what to use on his head with a decomp plate and not for opinions on wether or not it is a bodge.

 

i certianly did dave

some ppl may wanna sink a few k into a engine but i have a house and family to keep afloat, i know what i'd rather spunk my cash on and it aint a few grands worth of metal under my bonnet


grimmer, sick of cvh's goin tits up and seein how i get on with a old zetec big end i had kickin about

see your turbo sold, shame i never got a ride in it, im told it was mental!

never been in a propper fast rst, they never seem to last long enuff to get a ride

 

time to call it day with it nige, it was at the point where it needed more money to get more power like management change and a decent head, it goes tomorrow, and a weight off my mind really, good luck with the zetec!

 

good point , i can certainly echo that , between havin a 3 year old , a newborn baby and a wedding next year i will make do with alternative methods of lowering compression . I cant justify spending Ł500 on a set of pistons for an engine that may still go pop.
fair doos the engine may still let go and i need to buy another but i will cross that bridge when i come to that one

 

all about priorities aint it mate



1 tube of wellseal is winging its way to me too

last few bits are arriving on weds and shes good to fit

 

oh my word, cant believe what im hearing! using a sealent for headgasket!!

 

stop goin on
if it works for other i'll go for it, theres fuk all to lose

i aint tellin you to do it

you dont like it- dont do it

you dont have to tell us you dont like it- i dont care, doubtful any1 else does either

 

I've been using mine for the past year without a fault. It all depends on the stuff you use and how clean you are when you put your engine back together. Providing you don't go too mad with the boost it will be fine.

 

pmsl... theres saving money wisely, and theres saving money.... then spending shiteloads to put it right.














NOW i know why my old xr3i head gasket went...




NO WELLSEAL!!!

 

I think u've got your head in the sand, a decompression plate is a perfectly good method - granted it wont take the same abuse a set of low comp pistons will - but not everyone needs to run high boost. There are many many cars running decomp plates without problems.
It's like you're saying an rs turbo is a bodge unless its got aeroquip fittings throughout.
As for wellseal i have no idea how good it is or otherwise but...

"Good engine builders have been using it for years as it can withstand alot of pressure"

So u'd imagine it would do the trick, i think it puts an image of a "no more nails" type product in your head but obviously its not.

Erm DECOMP PLATE YEAAH!

 

as i see it if your gonna do it, do it properly, and dont use no more nails.


i doubt Jamie@jamsport, Karl Norris, Harvey Gibbs, Steve Scott etc use wellseal, no-more-nails, wallpaper paste etc...

if you know differant let me know, ill then know who to avoid!

 

like who????

 

u seem to be missing the point. No one is saying that a decomp plate is better than low comp pistons. just that when on a budget, it is an alternative.

 

I work for a Motorcycle Shop that have 55 years worth of experience and they sware by it.

 

y dont u jsut by a low milage 2nd hand ford engine.... it will hold 20 psi if set up rite for ages.... plus u can have ur echo friendly method as a spare!

 

why dont i do as i like??


if pointless moaning was worth ŁŁŁ then you lot (the clever diks who altho thay havent got it still are adament that its no good even if its proven to be perfectly acceptable) would make me enuff to buy all the worlds supply of low comp pistons

my question was answered i asked for no more than that

 

Too right. There's too many people on here giving their opinions when its not wanted.

 

and there's too many clueless people on here, that give RS's a bad name by bodging them together and moaning to everyone and there name that its blow up!!

 

I thought the point of this forum was to help people not to argue over silly little things. It's up to the individual person what they do with their car.

 

essexrsturbo


FUCKIN EXACTLY...

He'll be crying and blaiming 'the unreliable fords' when his goes tits up.


like i said, name a RESPECTED AND REPUTABLE engiine builder who uses it? and wheres the 'proof' its ok?


dont come on here crying when its gone bang


only trying to help

 

i wont be cryin u muppet, you seem to be the 1 doin that, if it fuks up, and its doubtful it will as there are many success storys, not 1 that says it didnt work for them i mite add

so IF it fuks up, ill just do sumthin else, matters not to me ive got a stack of good rs engines if i wanna just bung another in, i dont so ill do this

its the 'listern to me i know it all and wont listern to any other way than mine' people that are the problem

 

heres one to start the ball rolling again.

http://zetec-turbo.co.uk/

he used a decompression plate and got away with it for ages then sold the car on too with no reported problems.

this car also had a magazine feature too.

sorry but i couldnt resist

 

ive still not heard a bad thing on de comp plates, except in extreme cases which ive still not heard about in reality, just plenty of theories

cossie managment seems a good idea too but i aint really up on cossie bits and what they are worth

 

some will last, some wont, good luck