Buckaroo Banzi

Rennlist classifieds has an ad for a Wide Fire Ring Headgasket modified
I called and asked what the modification was? They told me all they do is add additional holes to the gasket to aid in cooling they supposed to have copied the Turbo RS headgasket design.

Does anyone have any experience with this modified gasket?

Thanks,

Tom M'Guinn

Lindesy does this I believe...as may others...

m42racer

Would you be so kind as to tell me how this works? More holes in the Gasket loweres the temperature? I don't understand. Maybe I'm missing something here. Adding more holes will lower the block pressure which could raise the temperature in the Block. Adding more holes will lower the volume of water passed up around the #4 cylinder and increase the chance of pockets of air trapped or not purged out towrds the outlet in the head. Isn't known that the stock Gaskets seem to fail around # 4 Cylinder. We want more water there to stop the hot spots from creating. Won't the extra holes work against this?

Buckaroo Banzi

What I am being told is that for $115 dollars twice the price of a standard Wide Fire gasket they cut strategically placed holes identical to the Turbo RS head gasket which is supposed to improve cooling.

Does it really improve cooling or is it just some more marketing BS that’s what I am trying to find out?

hosrom_951

If you look at the Cometic gasket, it has coolant holes running accross all cylinders.

Sounds like it is the same concept