[Healeys] Athena head gaskets

[Michael Oritt]

I replaced the iron head in my car about 10 years/50K miles ago with a DW
AL version. I bought a second DW steel head gasket and put it on the
shelf--there it sits....

Best--Michael Oritt


On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 12:55 PM, Michael Oritt <michael.oritt at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I replaced the iron head in my car about 10 years/50K miles ago with a DW
> AL version. I bought a second DW steel head gasket and put it on the
> shelf--there it sits....
>
> Best--Michael Oritt
>
> On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 9:44 AM, Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> "Can anybody explain to me why we need Athena Ultra head gaskets at $
>> 430 to $550 a piece ??????"
>>
>> We don't.  The garden variety gaskets from Payen--alone or in a
>> conversion set--do just fine in a stock 6-cyl car.  A $500 head gasket
>> sounds like a 'vanity piece' to me; spend (less) money on machining to get
>> the surfaces flat.  With 4-cyl cars it's a different story, as coolant
>> leaks between #2&3 cyls is common and an 'exotic' head gasket MAY help with
>> that.
>>
>> As for the other bits, I haven't heard of any problems with 'stock' stuff
>> from the usual suspects.  Buy from Moss on sale, or you might be able to
>> get a break from a Moss distributor--like BCS or LBCCarCo.--or buy from VB
>> or any other supplier (AHSpares or A4H in the UK, Holden in Europe, etc.).
>> I've put 100K miles on my BJ8 with these parts--got them from Sports &
>> Classics many years ago--and I wouldn't be surprised if you'd get the exact
>> same parts and brands from any AH parts seller.
>>
>> Bob
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>>
>> I would like to know as well…just looked at these on the MOSS website,
>> almost fell over when I seen the price …..thinking about rebuilding the
>> head on my 66 BJ8…..maybe not☹
>>
>> Anybody know where to buy Quality valves,guides,gasket,etc. to rebuild my
>> BJ8 head………….at a reasonable price?
>>
>>
>>
>> Mitch
>>
>>
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>>
>>
>> *From: *carroll phillips <bjcap at optonline.net>
>> *Sent: *Tuesday, January 26, 2016 6:13 PM
>> *To: *healeys at autox.team.net
>> *Subject: *[Healeys] Athena head gaskets
>>
>>
>>
>> Can anybody explain to me why we need Athena Ultra head gaskets at $ 430
>> to $550 a piece ??????
>>
>>
>>
>>
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