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Re: Healey head gaskets

To: "Pieter and Linda Scheenhouwer" <pieterscheen@optusnet.com.au>
Subject: Re: Healey head gaskets
From: "John Rowe" <jarowe@westnet.com.au>
Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 14:31:02 +0800
Hi Pieter

You can count me in for half a dozen.

Regards
John Rowe
BT7 Perth


----- Original Message -----
From: "Pieter and Linda Scheenhouwer" <pieterscheen@optusnet.com.au>
To: "Healey List" <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 11:24 AM
Subject: Healey head gaskets


> After having trouble with head gaskets in the past and because I am
running
> a slightly elevated compression ratio I researched the modern or composite
> head gaskets available for the 3000. They seem to be the solution but the
> cost ( AUS$200 from a local healey specialist in Australia and AUS$320
plus
> freight from England) is prohibitive. A long with a couple of club members
> we are looking at having tooling made to manufacture these gaskets by ACL
in
> Brisbane and we can get their "race series" gaskets made for
AUS$100(US$75)
> each, a considerable saving. The question, would we be able to move enough
> of these gaskets to cover the tooling costs. We don't want to make money
but
> don't want to loose it either. Does "The List" think there would be enough
> interest for us to go ahead?
>
> Cheers
>
> Pieter
>
> Brisbane Australia.




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