what's a "good" quality head gasket brand? ive always used the same gaskets

from this guy on ebay selling a bunch of NOS gasket sets..never had a problem, until now..

now my head may have been warped when i put it back on (haven't sent it off to be checked yet)

but gasket seriously did not last long... it completey blew a decent chunk out between 1 & 2...

and by the looks of it, 2 & 3, and 3 & 4 were leaking to each other.

no wonder it was barely running that day - not running at all now.. lol

the reason i ask this, is a went through 3 head gaskets on my old motor (not from blowing, just modifications..) and this is the first gasket on my new motor, lasted a week haha

thanks!

also what is the recommended torque measurement for an ARP head stud kit?? i lost the little bit of paper that came with the box lol..

Felpro headgaskets never fail!
Even when the radiator sounds like a kettle.

Rhys, 2lt-scort has sold headgasket kits on here. cheaper than what i can buy them for.

original ford gaskets

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Originally posted by nardo

original ford gaskets

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To my knowledge not available any more, and there were varying degrees of quality due to so many part number changes at Ford.

Use a Felpro

Woz

Ridgecrest Engineering produce an extremely good copper gasket.
I highly recommend them, great to deal with.

Coat a standard headgasket with siverfrost.

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Originally posted by Suttonmotorsport

Ridgecrest Engineering produce an extremely good copper gasket.
I highly recommend them, great to deal with.

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dont u have to do something fancy to the block to use a copper gasket?

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Originally posted by maxrs

Coat a standard headgasket with siverfrost.

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is that the stuff you spray on the gasket?

Helped keep the MK1 1600 Twin cam headgaskets together when they went Turbo.

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Originally posted by maxrs

Helped keep the MK1 1600 Twin cam headgaskets together when they went Turbo.

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where can u buy it from? was that spelt correctly? SIVERFROST?