FoT!!!
I am in, of course!
I like the looks of this gasket.
My initial fitting turned out well. I am going to use this gasket for the
second time, shortly, and will report back on the outcome.
And I will use another one on the AMBRO.
Regards,
Joe
>
> Many of us with a TRactor engine have been plagued with head gasket
> problems. All of the gaskets on the market, namely stock, steel, and
> copper, each have some advantages and disadvantages.
>
> I have worked with a major gasket manufacturer and have developed an
> alternative head gasket.
>
> This gasket uses state-of-the-art materials. It has an expanded steel
> core permeated and coated with an elastomer coating. It has a folded
> steel fire ring around the cylinder bores for superior combustion
> chamber sealing. The diameter of the sealing ring is round as opposed
> to the shape of the stock gasket, with a diameter of 91 mm. This
> means that if you have stock and unmodified liners, the gasket works
> perfectly. and if you want to chamfer the liners, the chamber and
> liner chamfer to be taken out to the 91 mm diameter at the intake
> valve, which at the eyebrow area allows a chamfer of .080 on the
> liner before the gasket starts to protrude. We expect that a small
> amount of protrusion will not cause a problem with the sealing ring,
> but we have not extensively tested that.
>
> It is .040 thick, as opposed to the stock sandwich gasket, which is
> .070 uncompressed and .050 to .060 compressed
>
> Sealing at the combustion chamber is superior to other gaskets, and
> sealing around water passages is also excellent but as with any
> gasket, excessive liner protrusion may still allow water passage
> leaking -- but not into the combustion chamber.
>
> Because of the material from which it is constructed, no gasket
> sealant is necessary but can be used if you wish.
>
> It does not need to be retorqued - proper torque reading is obtained
> with the first tightening.
>
> I ordered a sample run of these gaskets. Several are in use. I have
> just a few left. I am trying to determine the level of interest in
> the TRiumph community, so if anyone is interested in trying this
> gasket, I will sell the remaining samples for $120 including
> shipping. If you would like one, please send me your mailing address
> in your response.
>
> Thanks!
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