928mac

I had purchased some extra head gaskets from 928MS as well as I ordered a engine gasket kit from Roger.

The other night I went to fit the 928MS gaskets on and had to adjust the dowel holes in them to center the fire ring over the cylinder which was out by 1/16 or 3/32 or more.
I bought these
http://www.928motorsports.com/parts/...el_gaskets.php




Since this really bothered me I dug the victor head gaskets out and they look like a better quality but thiner

What are your guys opinions

BTW, I remember saying how much I hated victor as per my north american car experience but it looks like I am going to eat crow

blown 87

Use the Victors.

namasgt

use the factory one. How is the after market one is going to seal? doesn't seem to have any silicon beading on it?

Rob Edwards

Did you resurface your heads? You gonna boost that thing? I have no idea what people prefer for boost but I'd guess that the Reinz gaskets are fine if they're good enough for Porsche. There is a 1.4mm thick head gasket if you need to shave the head significantly and/or if you're going to put a blower on it. Though 0.4 mm probably doesn't amount to much in changing the compression ratio

ROG100

Head gaskets from Porsche are available in stock and resurfaced heads.
Never had any problem with the VR ones that come with the gasket set.

AO

Another vote for the VR.

SeanR

Use the VR and get your money back on the other ones.

Imo000

+1 for VR.

dcrasta

hey is that the same motor that u did the bearing in ?

123

That's exactly what I'd do.

928mac

Yes it is. I just removed the pan and had a look since it was out.
Put the torque wrench on the bolts and every think was great.
Nice and clean.

Brad

fraggle

I used the VR ones, too. Are you absolutely sure you had the other ones in the right orientation? Maybe flip them over and rotate 180 and switch sides?

928mac

At first this is what I thought but unlike NA blocks this one has a left and right.
The gaskets are different and will only fit on one side.

mark kibort

i dont like you voting for "VR". (inside joke)
But, absolutely, why would you trust your engine build with anything else that was a copy, especially a seemingly lesser copy, unless you were upgrading like Cometic. (for boost or high powered engine)

928mac

How much boost will the VR gaskets handle.
I would think that they should be good for an extra 100 hp of boost or more