<html><body><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div aria-label="Compose body">"<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Can anybody explain to me why we need Athena Ultra head gaskets at $ 430 to $550 a piece ??????</span>"<br></div><div aria-label="Compose body"><br></div><div aria-label="Compose body">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.<br></div><div aria-label="Compose body"><br></div><div aria-label="Compose body">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. <br></div><div aria-label="Compose body"><br></div><div aria-label="Compose body">Bob<br></div><div><br></div><hr id="zwchr"><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;" data-mce-style="color: #000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><div><br></div><style><!--
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--></style><div class="MsoNormal"><p class="MsoNormal">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<span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Segoe UI Emoji',sans-serif;">☹</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">Anybody know where to buy Quality valves,guides,gasket,etc. to rebuild my BJ8 head………….at a reasonable price?</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Mitch</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto" data-mce-style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;">Sent from <a href="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">Mail</a> for Windows 10</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"> </span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in" data-mce-style="mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-top: solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt; padding: 3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;border:none;padding:0in" data-mce-style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; border: none; padding: 0in;"><br><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:bjcap@optonline.net" target="_blank" data-mce-href="mailto:bjcap@optonline.net">carroll phillips</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, January 26, 2016 6:13 PM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank" data-mce-href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Subject: </b>[Healeys] Athena head gaskets</p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Can anybody explain to me why we need Athena Ultra head gaskets at $ 430 to $550 a piece ??????</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"></span></p><br></div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div></div></body></html>