<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yiv5215214904"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439732619840_39717"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439732619840_39716" style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div id="yiv5215214904yui_3_16_0_1_1439732619840_24343"><span>Hey,</span></div><div id="yiv5215214904yui_3_16_0_1_1439732619840_25622"><br clear="none"><span></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv5215214904yui_3_16_0_1_1439732619840_25623"><span id="yiv5215214904yui_3_16_0_1_1439732619840_28231">I'm running about 12:1. Not sure the exact C/R - I'll check the CCs when I have the head off this time.</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv5215214904yui_3_16_0_1_1439732619840_28232"><br clear="none"><span></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv5215214904yui_3_16_0_1_1439732619840_28234"><span id="yiv5215214904yui_3_16_0_1_1439732619840_28233">I've been running Payen early TR6 gaskets. At least I'm pretty sure they've all been Payen. The first one lasted for 7 or 8 autocross seasons (15 or so events a year) plus a coupe of hillclimbs.</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv5215214904yui_3_16_0_1_1439732619840_30920"><br clear="none"><span id="yiv5215214904yui_3_16_0_1_1439732619840_28233"></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv5215214904yui_3_16_0_1_1439732619840_30919"><span id="yiv5215214904yui_3_16_0_1_1439732619840_28233">As for the air fuel mixture, it's in the rich side of things, but not pig rich. Plug cuts are tan.</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv5215214904yui_3_16_0_1_1439732619840_30925"><br clear="none"><span id="yiv5215214904yui_3_16_0_1_1439732619840_28233"></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv5215214904yui_3_16_0_1_1439732619840_30926"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439732619840_39726"><span id="yiv5215214904yui_3_16_0_1_1439732619840_28233">I re-torqued after the initial run-in. All surfaces were clean.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439732619840_39762"><br><span id="yiv5215214904yui_3_16_0_1_1439732619840_28233"></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439732619840_39763"><span id="yiv5215214904yui_3_16_0_1_1439732619840_28233">I'll try Cometic this week. Else, I might think about copper.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439732619840_40631" dir="ltr"><br><span id="yiv5215214904yui_3_16_0_1_1439732619840_28233"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439732619840_40632" dir="ltr"><span id="yiv5215214904yui_3_16_0_1_1439732619840_28233">Thanks for the feedback.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439732619840_40633" dir="ltr"><br><span id="yiv5215214904yui_3_16_0_1_1439732619840_28233"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439732619840_40634" dir="ltr"><span id="yiv5215214904yui_3_16_0_1_1439732619840_28233">Film at 11.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439732619840_40635" dir="ltr"><br><span id="yiv5215214904yui_3_16_0_1_1439732619840_28233"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439732619840_40636" dir="ltr"><span id="yiv5215214904yui_3_16_0_1_1439732619840_28233">l8r,</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439732619840_40637" dir="ltr"><span id="yiv5215214904yui_3_16_0_1_1439732619840_28233">Bob Lang<br clear="none"></span></div></div><br clear="none"><div class="yiv5215214904qtdSeparateBR"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div></div></div></div><div class=".yiv5215214904yahoo_quoted"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yiv5215214904yqt5196389527" id="yiv5215214904yqtfd05023"><div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> On Sunday, August 16, 2015 12:57 PM, Charly <charly@mitchelplumbing.com> wrote:<br clear="none"> </font> </div> <br clear="none"><br clear="none"> <div class="yiv5215214904y_msg_container">What compression ratio are you guys running? I haven't blown a head gasket in quite a while.<br clear="none">Charly Mitchel <br clear="none">TR6 #44<br clear="none"><br clear="none"> <br clear="none"><br clear="none">On Sun 16/08/15 7:56 AM , Mike Munson <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:fasttrs@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:fasttrs@yahoo.com">fasttrs@yahoo.com</a> sent:<br clear="none">> Sorry to hear that Bob! I feel your pain! I went through that a lot<br clear="none">> before I started using Payen early model gaskets. 0 deck block/ no<br clear="none">> compression ring.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Mike Munson#28 EP TR6<br clear="none">> On Aug 16, 2015, at 9:18 AM, Steve Yott wrote:<br clear="none">> I would give them a call as they can make just about anything!<br clear="none">> They are great gaskets if you want to run an MLS style. <br clear="none">> Steve Yott<br clear="none">> FROM: Fot [] ON BEHALF OF Robert Lang<br clear="none">> SENT: Sunday, August 16, 2015 8:51 AM<br clear="none">> TO: Friends of Triumph <br clear="none">> SUBJECT: [Fot] Cometic TR6 Head Gaskets? <br clear="none">> Hi,<br clear="none">> Another day at the track, another head gasket. :-(<br clear="none">> I hear good things about Cometic MLS - but I see nothing indicating<br clear="none">> that they have anything for TR6.<br clear="none">> Can anyone enlighten me? <br clear="none">> Regards,<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Bob Lang<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Cell 339-927-4489<br clear="none">> p.s. 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