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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Guys,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’m not a fan of composite gaskets.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>On my TR4 I use solid steel headgaskets from Bastuck. They last many years and I never had a fail.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The big advantage….the head stays true. The softer the gasket, the more warping of the head.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cheers<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Chris<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=DE>From:</span></b><span lang=DE> Fot <fot-bounces@autox.team.net> <b>On Behalf Of </b>GREGORY THOMPSON via Fot<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, November 10, 2023 4:12 PM<br><b>To:</b> Fot <fot@autox.team.net>; Greg Blake <gblake58tr3@icloud.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Fot] Head gasket<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>I had one fail on my street engine. Coolant migrated through the composite material and came up around the head studs and also weeped out and down the manifold side of the block. It happened very soon after assembly. I had just finished a restoration and started off on a trip to the VTR national in Oklahoma with 50 miles on the engine. I re-torqued the head at our first overnight stop and noticed one drop of coolant near the center of the engine by the head stud. I lost less than a cup of water all trip of over 1800 miles.<span style='color:black'> It totally delaminated when I took the head off so there was no way to see what or where it had failed.</span> I replaced it with an annealed copper gasket from Racetorations with no changes to the f-08 gaskets or the head so I know it was a gasket issue. That technology is what Commetic uses and a lot of the "tuner" guys use Commetic so it is proven. I used one a while back on an engine for a club member and he has had no issues so I just got a bad one I guess. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Greg Thompson <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div><div id="ydp98ebfd49yahoo_quoted_9817435411"><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>On Thursday, November 9, 2023 at 09:53:06 PM CST, Greg Blake via Fot <<a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net">fot@autox.team.net</a>> wrote: <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div id=ydp98ebfd49yiv2321240054><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>Anyone use this one?<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=228 style='width:171.0pt;background:#E9E9EB;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><img border=0 width=386 height=386 style='width:4.0208in;height:4.0208in' id="Bild_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01DA13F6.64531520"></span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=228 style='width:171.0pt;background:#E9E9EB;background-color:rgba(233, 233, 235, 1)'><tr><td style='padding:6.0pt 0cm 6.0pt 0cm'><div style='margin-left:12.0pt;margin-right:12.0pt;max-width:100%'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="https://bpnorthwest.com/triumph/head-gasket-big-bore-87mm-to-90mm-lucas/" target="_blank"><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>Head Gasket Big Bore 87mm to 90mm LUCAS</span></a></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="https://bpnorthwest.com/triumph/head-gasket-big-bore-87mm-to-90mm-lucas/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#A2A2A9;text-decoration:none'>bpnorthwest.com</span></a></span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>Work well? Do you install dry?<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>Sent from my iPhone<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>_______________________________________________<br><a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net" target="_blank">fot@autox.team.net</a><br><br><a href="http://www.fot-racing.com" target="_blank">http://www.fot-racing.com</a><br><br>Donate: <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br>Archive: <a href="http://autox.team.net/archive" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/archive</a> <a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/fot" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/pipermail/fot</a><br>Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/fot/thompsong@prodigy.net" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/fot/thompsong@prodigy.net</a><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>