Basicly where from and how much are they,been recomended by some pees as a good replacement? think i had one a few years ago ,are they the 3 or 4 layer steel one?if so i think mine lasted 500 miles

 

they are 3 layer steel with bore rings.

on the early gaskets, if the bore rings wern't lined up properly, the gasket wouldn't seal properly and would fail.

the latest revision of the steel gasket has the bore rings aligned on a thin layer of material between the steel sheets and therefore won't move out of place

all faces must be impecably clean and flat when fitting the gasket tho - or it won't seal and will fail


by far the gasket of choice tho - its what i'll be having on my new engine next year

 

also forgot to say, woodford garage sell them, as do pj motorsport and burtons - think they are about the 200 quid mark

www.cometic.com for a full supplier and application list

 

cheers gracey

 

I think mine has failed at less than a thousand miles
will take the head off and have a look to see what caused it.

Dave.

 

I had one fail, was the older type though when it properly went took the head off to find it had been blowing across the bores for quite some time.... WRC 4 layer or std YBP is the way to go

 

standard gasket Damo for a stg3 ,???? presuming thats a YBP??

 

Greeens sensible safe boost,,,.. IMO Yes, honestly I had a Cometic, on a freshly skimmed head recently rebuilt engine so As flat as possible block without decking, all lined up properly did about 5 or 6 k before blew into water gallery BUT HAD DEFO been blowing across the bores for some time

The reason I say the YBP item, is if you cant run to the cost of a gen WRC item...

Though having said that there are people who will suggest Cometic are MINT and have no probs... mine was fitted "dry" BTW

 

BTW she ran a "group a" item for some 20k with no issues till it went.

 

Cometic one for me is fine! Though i "heard" somewhere that its ideal to have longstuded block when running this? i have so not to worried.

 

had a group a when i bought it 4 years ago,dont know how long it had been on but i managed to shaft that one too.
What do you mean by dry mate??

 

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same old story different people have different ways of doing things... dry as in just like std or wet where you may smear some special stuff either side to aid sealing, I was told this by a well known tuner on this board... I would personally go with the latter option it does make more sense...

 

I have YB0611 on mine with std headbolts, been running upto 22psi on it with no trouble at all, and they are only about Ł60, it has done about 6-7k miles so far over about 5 years. This was just fitted dry and torqued as per manual.

 

daz1968, on what turbo ?

 

More like Ł100.... Ł200 will get you a full engine set

 

Have to have a word with Stu or Karl or the other out there.

i'm sure these to tuners will give you a better run down of the gaskets they suggest and use.



Dave.

 

Mines only on T3 set up by Karl, and when I rebuild my engine over winter am putting on another one and hoping this one is just as good, although I need 360 thrusts in my turbo as this is probably weak point as T3 is spinning fast to hold this. But I cannot see how turbo can effect gasket life.

 

Reason I asked is, as I understand it.....22psi on a T3 aint the same as 22 Psi on a T3/04

 

PJ Motorsport are doing fantastic deals on the new generation Cometic gaskets at the moment...

 

I am told that the block has to be decked to get it completely flat, as with it being a steel gasket, it doesnt help mask the imperfections like a fibrous gasket, such as a YB0611 or the now defunct YB01261 gaskets. The head also needs to be completely flat too.

The same applies when using the Ł400 Mountune gasket.

 

 

ordered a ybo611, that lasted the longest and i dont fancy having to do it again becaous of minute imperfection in the block.If it has any that is?

 

small turbo escos head gasket is the same as a group A and some even claim its cool upto 400bhp

when i take the head off mine im gonna go small turbo escos by victor reinz( or how ever its spelt ) the seem to last well for some reason

 

I tried to order one of these from Woodford recently - they dont have any left, and if they did, would be Ł120, compared to Ł60 ish for the YB0611 gasket..

They told me that they are no longer made..

I would imagine you'd have trouble getting one, unless you know of a source!

 

mike the victor reinz one IS a ford gasket, thats who make em, try burtons/pj motorsport for em too

 

i know its a ford gasket!

like i said, thats what i was told, but looks like burtons do have the YB01261's in stock according to their website!

oh well, live n learn!

 

you ned to be a tight fooker like me, ill search the world to save 20p

usually spend 20 quid in postage too to save the cash

 

LOL

If i need it, and its ok, i'll pay it LOL