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Old 02-06-2015, 11:06 PM
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Anyone know the thinest gasket available for a 2 litre blacktop
think i messed up my turbo engine when put it back together
currently fitted with 8.5 compression Je pistons and a 1.4 mm gasket
which i think may have dropped compression way to low

Also if anyone is good at maths is thers anyway of working out how much i can raise compression by fitting gasket say .5mm thiner?

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sure victor reinz do a 0.8mm gasket, have a look at focus rs Mk1 gaskets. afaik there are compression ratio calculators online.
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St170 4 layer is what you want, it's 0.8 or 0.7?
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Standard 2.0 and focus rs are both 0.6mm st170 is 1.1mm and there is a 1.8mm gasket for skimmed heads
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Originally Posted by caprizetec170
Anyone know the thinest gasket available for a 2 litre blacktop
think i messed up my turbo engine when put it back together
currently fitted with 8.5 compression Je pistons and a 1.4 mm gasket
which i think may have dropped compression way to low

Also if anyone is good at maths is thers anyway of working out how much i can raise compression by fitting gasket say .5mm thiner?
Off the top of my head would be about half a compression on a zetec engine
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