[Supras] Felpro head gasket

[t72pwrd]

Never tried, didn't have the fuel THEN;-)



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob" <bob at hairballcreations.com>
To: "'t72pwrd'" <NHOLDEN1 at woh.rr.com>; <Supras at supras.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 10:03 AM
Subject: RE: [Supras] Felpro head gasket


> Yes, but would it hold at 45 psi?  :-P
>
> Bob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: t72pwrd [mailto:nholden1 at woh.rr.com]
> Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 9:59 AM
> To: Bob; Supras at supras.com
> Subject: Re: [Supras] Felpro head gasket
>
> 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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