cometic head gasket for pre-ecotec

[Matt_vp]

Does anyone know if your able to get cometic head gaskets for the pre ecotec motors, i rang rocket ind. but they said that u can only get them for ecotecs.
cheers Matt

 

[Immortality]

they are available. check the cometic web site

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i think this is the ones you want

 

[Matt_vp]

I found them, a place called serco in qld sell them, they are $156 each.
yay boosting again soon.
Matt

 

[Immortality]

sweet. let us know how they go. i'm of two minds on what gaskets i'm going to use. i like the fact that the factory head gaskets are the weak link and will fail before something more serious fails. i was considering standard gaskets with some arp headstuds to get a more accurate seal across the standard gaskets. failing that maybe i'll go cometic

 

[Matt_vp]

a mate (eaton v8 on here) put them on his vr v8 with a eaton 112 blower running 12psi and they have held up so far. I got the .065 ones so ill let u know how they go.
But the standard ones held up to 10 psi on mine the bottom end let go first, it wasn't untill i got rid of my restive intake pipe with thousands of dodgy bends and made a nice smooth one that goes in the drivers side, that i started getting 14psi and i didnt notice till it was 2 late, was raining and traction was a problem.
Matt

 

[eaton v8]

i have had no problems with mine and if two boilermakers can put them on and they dont fail id say they are user friendly its all too easy to use them. matt how many diffrences in thickness did they have for them?

 

[Matt_vp]

only 2 they had .040'' or .065''
Matt

 

[Immortality]

what are the standard gaskets?

 

[Matt_vp]

don't know i just went for the thickest cometic one they had.
Matt

 

[eaton v8]

.040 is standerd on v8 thats the one i went i should have gone .065 but hey it works and its no problems with 12psi