[Supras] Felpro head gasket

[t72pwrd]

It did fine at 21 PSI!


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob" <bob at hairballcreations.com>
To: <Supras at supras.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 9:28 AM
Subject: Re: [Supras] Felpro head gasket


> Fel Pro is one of the few gasket companies that will re engineer the 
> gasket
> to make up for factory design flaws.
>
> I have no idea if they have done anything to the Toyota Gasket but most
> likely it is better than the original.
>
> I have talked to the tech line several times on head gasket issues and
> although I haven't mentioned the 7m yet, every other time they have a
> solution for the common failures.  If you think that the 7m has a head
> gasket problem just look into GM's 3.4 or most Civics from the late 80's
> through 1996. Fel Pro has am updated gasket set for these models.
>
> Will the Fel Pro gasket hold up to the 45 psi of boost we all want to
> run.... probably not.  On the other hand it should be just fine for stock
> applications.
>
> Bob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: supras-bounces at supras.com [mailto:supras-bounces at supras.com] On 
> Behalf
> Of t72pwrd
> Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 8:49 AM
> To: Craig Thommes; berniek at technicaldevelop.com; 'Don Ewing'
> Cc: Supras at supras.com
> Subject: Re: [Supras] Felprol head gasket
>
> The Felpro IS a stock gasket.  If you look on a gasket set, the country of
> origin of each gasket is listed.  The HG is made in Japan while every 
> other
> gasket is made in the US.
>
>
> -Nick
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Craig Thommes" <cthommes at adelphia.net>
> To: <berniek at technicaldevelop.com>; "'Don Ewing'" <supradon88 at yahoo.com>
> Cc: <Supras at supras.com>
> Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 12:37 AM
> Subject: Re: [Supras] Felprol head gasket
>
>
>> Same thing the stock headgasket does.  I've got a picture of one of these
>> too, from a bone stock 68K mile car...
>>
>> -Craig
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: supras-bounces at supras.com [mailto:supras-bounces at supras.com] On
>> Behalf
>> Of berniek at technicaldevelop.com
>> Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 6:00 PM
>> To: Don Ewing
>> Cc: Supras at supras.com
>> Subject: Re: [Supras] Felprol head gasket
>>
>> These gaskets have been known to weaken, and the way they do so is by the
>> crimped metal insert sround each bore radially receding between the head
>> and
>> the block, due to combusion pressure..  The metal rings become elongated
>> along the head and block surface.  Someone in the list showed a picture 
>> of
>> that a few months ago.
>>
>>    BernieK
>>
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