seans saff

after my zvh has lost compression due to ring failure im wondering which head gasket people reccomend, iv seen lots of people saying felpro are no good, but say cometic are good, any one know who sells the cometic suitable for a zvh with 86mm bore? thanks

luke19790_3

burtons

Oranoco

Don't you just use the CVH headgasket? Yes Felpro are total shit! I had one, never again, blew through the rings and killed compression on 1 & 2. Fitted an OEM Ford one and it was perfect up to being put away. Started on the key on Sunday as well

seans saff

cheers never thourt of them and google wasnt much good

seans saff

will a cvh one be ok even tho the bore is now 86mm? cant wait till mine runs only done 50 mile in it

xr2wishy

iTrader: (2)

what size zvh?
if a 1.8 then rst, if 2.0 then get head welded up and use a zetec one.

little bram

sitech do a Zvh head gasket and you dont have to block any holds up ive had no problems with mine very good gasket.
PS i had a felpro one and didnt last very long at all. i would'nt use one again

lee

rhinopower

Im sure people are using the blacktop mls gasket with the correct modifications

seans saff

its a 2.1 zvh burtons do a cometic one for 116 quid, thats the only deacent one iv seen, will have a look on sitech site,

what do you mean when you say get head welded? and fit a zetec gasket

studabear

have a look at the quantam/zvh site, iirc the front of the head is built up with weld then skimmed flat, allowing the zetec gasket to be used

little bram

Thats why am saying use a sitech gasket and no work needs to be done just put the head gasket on then the head. I think the gasket on the website is diffrent to the one ive got so i would just phone mate

lee

1223456

sitech one is reusable as well

seans saff

just seen the sitech one its a good few quid more than the cometic one, and it says sizes up to 2.0mm thick going up in 0.2mm at a time, would say a 2mm alter my compression compared to a 1mm?

thanks for all the advice people