MorryRS

Am going to change my head over to a stage 3 one very soon and wonder what head gasket to put on ?

Im running bout 14psi may increase one or two

Which gasket is best to use because i dont want to be doing head gaskets on it all the time

sm

genuine ford/payne gasket

they are both the same as payne make em for ford but there cheaper from a motorfactors than fords

ive got one on my 200bhp s1

lots of high powered rst's use em and they seem outlast all other makes

christian on here uses one on his 350bhp s2

addiction

Genuine Ford
dont be fooled into thinking Felpro items are uprated and better!!

Christian and Beccy

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MorryRS

Appreciated folks

Rick

and 14 psi is gay on a stage 3 head - 25psi is more like it..

steven botes

nothing wrong with Payen

heade gaskets only go due to overheating or bad tuning , not due to boost

have run an indicated 2 bar with my old setup through the dellorto 40's

make a point of using ford or uprated headbolts , once they are stretched toss them!!!

Fiecos Dan

As all above.

MorryRS

Rickand 14 psi is gay on a stage 3 head - 25psi is more like it..

The head is just sitting the now waiting to go on

25psi would be good but is that not too much boost for the bottom end and just cause problems

It would go like stink though

homer j

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not if you uprate with the right parts forged pistons and steel rods and it's bomb proof

MorryRS

Yeah i know that but not at the moment i am running standard rods but am mines is fully rebuilt with low comp pistons and arp bolts for the mo

ivorbiggun

Copper

SafeChav

So whats the point in fitting a stage 3 head to run 14 psi of boost, you're not going to gain much if at all......

Christian and Beccy

iTrader: (14)

As above, the car would definately be better on a standard head of thats all the boost you're going to run.

MorryRS

What sort of boost can i run safely then ?

T28 RST

As much as your fueling can cope with

JamboRS

i ran 17 psi on mine mate

Oranoco

My brotehrs old FRST was running 22psi peak and 19psi held on a totally standard bottom end. Was good as gold for years. In bits now but not due to failure, doing a resto so thought we may as well strip the motor while it was out the bay.

SafeChav

And of course, as long as the engine is in a good state of repair currently........

MorryRS

Cool my bottom end was rebuitl 6k ago so should be ok

Will up the boost wheni put the new head on then and get it set up

Cheers