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Old Aug 13, 2005 | 10:48 AM
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whats the best brand head gasket peeps? im about to go buy a FELPRO are they pants ?
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Old Aug 14, 2005 | 11:37 AM
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does ANYONE know ??
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Old Aug 14, 2005 | 11:38 AM
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dont buy a felpro, this question comes up some many times on here,

Buy a geniune ford one, unless ur gonna run 350bhp +
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Old Aug 14, 2005 | 11:41 AM
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genuine ford everytime and everyone on here will say the same.
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Old Aug 14, 2005 | 12:38 PM
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whats so badly wrong with felpro ? i spoke to a guy in burtons and he sais felpro are plenty good enough im confused now....
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Old Aug 14, 2005 | 12:43 PM
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The guy in Burtons is talking bollocks. Buy a genuine Ford headgasket and headbolts. I have used both and the Ford is by far the better gasket. Had 2 Felpro gaskets fail and no failures at all with the Ford. The Ford one is also about £30 so a fair wedge cheaper than the Felpro item.

My Felpro let me down whilst I was flat out tussling with a Porsche Carrera 4 on a local dual carriageway. Was all over the guy as well until it popped between cylinders 3 & 4
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Old Aug 14, 2005 | 12:52 PM
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thats suprising, perhaps i can get ford to order me one in and get a refund on the felpro, i got the non stretch head bolts too from burtons, are you saying they are pants as well ??

are burtons products really THAT bad
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The products are fine from Burtons so don't think I'm taking a pop at them. Some of the advice can be questionable at times. Not sure on the headbolt front but again I use genuine Ford items with no ill effects.

HTH
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std ford can take 300+

felpro are lucky to last 6month on stage 1
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Old Aug 14, 2005 | 05:22 PM
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genuine ford head gasket and bolts
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Old Aug 14, 2005 | 08:45 PM
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GENUINE FORD IS GOOD ENOUGH UNLESS YOUR GOING FOR CRAZY POWER
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genuione ford wil take anything a CVH can produce!
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Old Aug 15, 2005 | 01:00 PM
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just removed the head this morning, guess what gasket was on there ??


FELPRO
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Old Aug 15, 2005 | 01:23 PM
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You've just concluded the situation then
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Old Aug 15, 2005 | 03:52 PM
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I can't believe how many times this question keeps popping up...

Ford, or Payen all the way

Will cope with 2 bar of boost and 330+bhp all day long.
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Old Aug 15, 2005 | 03:53 PM
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On a 1600 that is, not sure about other engines.....
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Old Aug 15, 2005 | 03:54 PM
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330bhp Tony, thats way too slow
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Old Aug 15, 2005 | 03:56 PM
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Oh, I dunno. It's ok for a runabout
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