DAMM HEAD GASKET!!!

[drsigma]

Well drove the the sigma to work today getting it ready for tomorrows car show and got half way home and did a head gasket dam slut it is cross fireing took the head off in record time and the bloke before me put a shity cheap head gasket on it!

Getting a Durapro one tomorrow i hope Graphite one that i allways use. ;)

[karl_2ltgc]

Head could be banana shape...

[81GL]

Head could be banana shape...

Yeah, its an odd place for it to let go. Might pay to check & see if she is square or not.

Good luck with the mad rush

[Billsy]

incase of any headgasket failure it always pays to get the head decked and check the block.
i just had my engine decked and the block was out by about .006

i had a dirty cheap non monotorque gasket on and it was perfect when i pulled it down. after about 12 months and 10k at 200+kw i was cheering to find it was ok. unlike the rings and piston

[drsigma]

All checked and done but missed the car show but there is a cruise tomorrow so its not all at a loss.

[drsigma]

Its alive! ;)

[Sigmaproject]

The best thing about blowing a head gasket (or holing a piston for that matter) is that your car will sound like a WRX

[drsigma]

The best thing about blowing a head gasket (or holing a piston for that matter) is that your car will sound like a WRX

So so true thats what i said to my mate but mine was more like a VW beatle!

[Rally_2.6LC]

Where can you get good quality head gaskets that aren't going to blow easily, I had assumed that a head gasket was a head gasket.
Also I plan on boring my engine 40thou oversize, would I need a bigger head gasket for this? Do I just specify that when I want to buy one?


Cheers Matt

ps made my GC sound like a lumpy V8, the standard exhaust flange came loose and was leaking exhaust before the mufflers, sounded awesome on acceleration but was embarassing as hell on engien braking just kept backfiring got a big dirty from the cops as I drove past the scene of an accident lol

[drsigma]

Where can you get good quality head gaskets that aren't going to blow easily, I had assumed that a head gasket was a head gasket.
Also I plan on boring my engine 40thou oversize, would I need a bigger head gasket for this? Do I just specify that when I want to buy one?

Well i have used a few different head gaskets but i got on to these graphite ones and i have not had a problem since i just put one on the orange GE which is high comp and as well on the turbo one which did see 30psi a few times too ;) with out a problem. As for the 40thou over bore not a problem they are all the same.

[Draff]

Well drove the the sigma to work today getting it ready for tomorrows car show and got half way home and did a head gasket dam slut it is cross fireing took the head off in record time and the bloke before me put a shity cheap head gasket on it!

Getting a Durapro one tomorrow i hope Graphite one that i allways use. ;)

Geeze she sure did take a bite out of the gasket, glad to hear you have her back on the road mate sucks about missing the car show.

whats the normal cost difference between a standard/cheep head gasket and a Durapro one that you have listed there?

[drsigma]

Well i get mine for around $30. Trade

[Draff]

Well i get mine for around $30. Trade

Geeze for that price there really is no excuse but to use a decent one, trade is only like 10% discount yeah?