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19-12-2006, 06:45 PM
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Originally Posted by MD Cos
Originally Posted by Christian and Beccy
My engine went bang because of a shonky fucking Cometic head gasket. GET YOUR FUCKING FACTS STRAIGHT.
sorry to point the finger, and please correct me if i'm wrong, but it dosen't look like the head face was skimmed at all, let alone to the 50ra (i think it's 50...?) or finer that it should be when fitting a cometic gasket.
it dosent matter wether or not the head is straight or not, it must be skimmed for the metal gasket to seal properly. attacking it with some 80 grit emery isn't going to do it.
as i said, please correct me if i am wrong, but thats just the way the pictures look to me.
a cosmetic head gasket is made for a high pwered cvh yes,, but a reasonably high powered Cvh is around the 280bhp markish,, but where has christian has such a big spec his cvh has made 351bhp and has broke the record of the worlds fastest 1600cvh i think..lol.. so obviusly the head gasket cant have been proven to handle higher as there aint a higher powered 1600cvh is there? obviously christian has proved that cosmetic cvh gaskets wont hadle 351bhp.. lol..
but i aint no engineer or anything but this maybe wrong,
i apologise if it is.
20-12-2006, 09:45 PM
#124
Originally Posted by davsmith64
Originally Posted by MD Cos
Originally Posted by Christian and Beccy
My engine went bang because of a shonky fucking Cometic head gasket. GET YOUR FUCKING FACTS STRAIGHT.
sorry to point the finger, and please correct me if i'm wrong, but it dosen't look like the head face was skimmed at all, let alone to the 50ra (i think it's 50...?) or finer that it should be when fitting a cometic gasket.
it dosent matter wether or not the head is straight or not, it must be skimmed for the metal gasket to seal properly. attacking it with some 80 grit emery isn't going to do it.
as i said, please correct me if i am wrong, but thats just the way the pictures look to me.
a cosmetic head gasket is made for a high pwered cvh yes,, but a reasonably high powered Cvh is around the 280bhp markish,, but where has christian has such a big spec his cvh has made 351bhp and has broke the record of the worlds fastest 1600cvh i think..lol.. so obviusly the head gasket cant have been proven to handle higher as there aint a higher powered 1600cvh is there? obviously christian has proved that cosmetic cvh gaskets wont hadle 351bhp.. lol..
but i aint no engineer or anything but this maybe wrong,
i apologise if it is.
btw, whats a 'cosmetic' gasket?
21-12-2006, 02:35 PM
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Originally Posted by ivorbiggun
Good job no one from Peter Carter Ruck will ever read this thread.
so what the fuck has he got to do with this thread 
21-12-2006, 02:43 PM
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Originally Posted by antony215
Originally Posted by ivorbiggun
Good job no one from Peter Carter Ruck will ever read this thread.
so what the fuck has he got to do with this thread He was a guy whose company specialised in Libel and Slander cases by the looks of it.
21-12-2006, 07:11 PM
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Lots of people have had cometic gaskets fail on the YB.
A CVH isn't a YB though, it's a CVH and hence places different demands on the gasket.
A CVH isn't a YB though, it's a CVH and hence places different demands on the gasket.
21-12-2006, 08:58 PM
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Originally Posted by MD Cos
it dosent matter wether or not the head is straight or not, it must be skimmed for the metal gasket to seal properly. attacking it with some 80 grit emery isn't going to do it.
21-12-2006, 09:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Rick
Lots of people have had cometic gaskets fail on the YB.
A CVH isn't a YB though, it's a CVH and hence places different demands on the gasket.
A CVH isn't a YB though, it's a CVH and hence places different demands on the gasket.
Yes, Some people get on with them, some dont.
i believe it to be the way they are fitted, if not done correctly, they do fail.
my cossie has always run one, with out fail.
21-12-2006, 10:57 PM
#136
Originally Posted by Fiecos Dan
Originally Posted by Rick
Lots of people have had cometic gaskets fail on the YB.
A CVH isn't a YB though, it's a CVH and hence places different demands on the gasket.
A CVH isn't a YB though, it's a CVH and hence places different demands on the gasket.
Yes, Some people get on with them, some dont.
i believe it to be the way they are fitted, if not done correctly, they do fail.
my cossie has always run one, with out fail.
22-12-2006, 10:27 AM
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the std gasket is properly made though. Ford developed it with turbo charging in mind, including competition use. It's a far cry from a 3i gasket.
22-12-2006, 09:26 PM
#139
Originally Posted by Rick
Lots of people have had cometic gaskets fail on the YB.
A CVH isn't a YB though, it's a CVH and hence places different demands on the gasket.
A CVH isn't a YB though, it's a CVH and hence places different demands on the gasket.
i'm not saying a CVH is a YB, but i am saying that cometic know what they're doing when they design a gasket.
22-12-2006, 09:35 PM
#140
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believe it or not a standard ford cvh turbo head gasket looks a better design than the one shown above especially around the firing rings the one above looks more like a felpro
22-12-2006, 09:52 PM
#141
Originally Posted by LEE-RS
believe it or not a standard ford cvh turbo head gasket looks a better design than the one shown above especially around the firering rings the one above looks more like a felpro
it's MLS... which means its more like the focus RS gasket.
22-12-2006, 10:38 PM
#142
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solid stainless steel centre
the standard gasket is thicker around the fire rings than normal CVH gaskets, the one pictured is nothing like a felpro
it's MLS... which means its more like the focus RS gasket.
the ford focus rs multi-layer head gasket is superior imo i never seen one fail but have seen a few cvh cometics gaskets fail in between the 3 layers mainly above or below the solid stainless steel centre section and yes they were fitted properly with a skimmed head and block
24-12-2006, 01:29 PM
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Re: solid stainless steel centre
Originally Posted by LEE-RS
the standard gasket is thicker around the fire rings than normal CVH gaskets, the one pictured is nothing like a felpro
it's MLS... which means its more like the focus RS gasket.
the ford focus rs multi-layer head gasket is superior imo i never seen one fail but have seen a few cvh cometics gaskets fail in between the 3 layers mainly above or below the solid stainless steel centre section and yes they were fitted properly with a skimmed head and block
? that head face looks filthy.another thing to note - look at the top picture on this page... looks like corrosion on the block face near the waterway... i wonder what the block face looks like
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