<html><head></head><body><div class="yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I was not receiving list emails for a while, so I missed the conversation a few months ago. </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">For those of you using the composite or even Cometic gaskets, have you done much relieving around the intake valves? I have not found any such gasket that would not protrude out into the combustion chamber. I even bought one from BPNW that was good for up to 92mm bore, but it still protruded. I have been using steel shim head gaskets with copper wire o-rings in the fire rings, but would like a simpler set up. I have held off on putting my TR3 engine back together for years (while playing with S2000s and Miatas) waiting for a better head gasket. Joe B</div></div></body></html>