big ord

whats the best head gasket for my cosworth it is around 380 400 bhp used a grp a and comtic a lot ov people say small turbo escort what is best

thanxs

saph4be

wrc one

righthooker

Mountune mate, just need to be sure head and block surfaces are spot on.

kidsRS

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Make one out of corn flake packet

Dicko&Vacant

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phil just stick a small turbo escos one on for that power.

ps i still aint done the header tank lol good job your not in a rush

JonnyBravo

As said wrc Mountune one ideally BUT only if the block and head faces are perfect otherwise stick to a Grp A gasket imo.

I believe the WRC one is even cheaper now ! not sure where I read that but I am sure someone was doing them for around Ł100

turbo_3dr_tommy

you got another cossie phil ?

you bought the head off me years ago when i had my white 3dr

big ord

got a black 3dr needs a bit work will give me something to do are you craig is that right

paul16v

We once made a plenum gasket out of a cornflakes box it lasted for nearly 2 years at 30 odd psi, looked like rite cunts walking round tesco covered in oil with a cossie inlet manifold in our hands tho

pete mcrash

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S T Escos from Matt Lewis.....around Ł20......people gan on about using multi layered steel jobies, fine if ur engines in bits and u can skim the head n block......but in the everyday/real world u cant..........i'm running a st gasket at 430bhp

kidsRS

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Crazy ass mother fuckers!

turbo_3dr_tommy

yeah thats right mate

I got a Evo 5 now and your mate Jamie has been doing loads of work on it, he was telling me when you had your 5 and you put R888 on it and rang him saying you cannot get it sideways lol

Gary F

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I remember hearing that

Best gasket is the Mountune multi layer, im having mine fitted next month.

BigErn

Would be rude not to put a nice fresh head on it Gary


Mines running a GpA (Cos Matt had no ST Escos ones left), standard comp and 34 psi. Had no bother with it......... yet

cozziepj

is that with standard headbolts? wat boost are you holding with that ?

scoooby slayer

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wrc gasket standard head bolts good for 2.2 bar t4

pete mcrash

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.....mine's 6 long stud, 4 std.....holding 28 psi......dont get me wrong when my engine was build i had it skimmed n decked and had a mountune multi on it.....but the head came off (turned out it didnt need to...).....so when i put it back together i put a s t escos gasket on cos they are more forgiving if everything isnt "perfect"....been fine

cozziepj

interesting, so if i was to use either a grp a or standard headgasket with a peak boost figure of around 30psi and holding about 26psi would it be wise to upgrade from standard headbolts? quite impressed the standard head bolts held 2.2bar on a wrc headgasket!!
il be aiming for about 380bhp

pete mcrash

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for me.....group a, or better s t escos will piss 400bhp on std bolts

cozziepj

thats good enough for me! cheers

KSA-Cossie

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I'm using 6 long studs and wrc gasket on my new engine.

BigErn

GpA gasket and standard bolts on mine at 34psi peak, 28 held mate

scoooby slayer

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it was 100 % reliable aswell engines done over 7k miles now and still going strong. and thats at 480 bhp.

cozmeister

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Cossie, not crossflow

Mj_stakis

i was using cometic mls with arp's and they are perfect. Also my friends 2 cosworths were fine with these gaskets, they used head bolts from vw tdi diesel...