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Old 08-14-2018, 11:08 AM
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Default Cosworth hR/VHR Headgaskets are no longer available!?

Ive checked all the major venders and I can’t seem to get a set of Cosworth HR/VHR Head gaskets. Anyone know where I can get a set? ConceptZ and Z1 are out.
Old 09-14-2018, 09:56 PM
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I'd recommend considering Dynosty head gaskets, that's what I went with this second time around and haven't had coolant issues (whew!). I've tried HR stock head gaskets & Cometic both of which failed. Been fine since going with Dynosty's.

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I'd go with an HR gasket ... readily available and not too expensive. The best head gasket in the world wont save your engine from a bad tune or improper head-stud installation.
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Originally Posted by Juztin
I'd recommend considering Dynosty head gaskets, that's what I went with this second time around and haven't had coolant issues (whew!). I've tried HR stock head gaskets & Cometic both of which failed. Been fine since going with Dynosty's.
I got dynostys gaskets and returned them because it was for the DE. I already modded the block for HR gaskets. I ended up getting cometic gen 3 gaskets from concept Z. Thanks Juztin
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I'd go with an HR gasket ... readily available and not too expensive. The best head gasket in the world wont save your engine from a bad tune or improper head-stud installation.
True. Thanks for the tips about hp academy bealjk! They’ve been helping me get a better understanding on how to tune. You were right. I told them that I already knew what the course was about and they gave me a discount on the practical stand alone tuning course.
I ended up getting the Haltech EMS because from what I seen, it’s really simple to configure and I can get dual CAN widebands. My local tuner said he was going to give me some pointers on tuning when on the dyno so that was also a plus.
Do you remember how u had the air temp sensor hooked up? I will hook up the probe at where the air leaves the intercooler. Or should I hook it up on the charge pipe right before the TB? As for the wiring, did you get the power from the ecu out or should I run separate 12+ and ground then just the signal to the ecu?
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Yea sorry forgot to add that part I'm an HR as well, went with the Dynosty HR/VHR head gaskets. No worries though, best of luck on your setup! It seems a lot of VHR stuff can just be used for our HR's.
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Dynosty discontinued the hr gaskets. They just have DE now. I had to get cometic as there is no other choice now. You lucked out juztin and caught them right in time.
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Originally Posted by Tran251
Dynosty discontinued the hr gaskets. They just have DE now. I had to get cometic as there is no other choice now. You lucked out juztin and caught them right in time.
Damn that sucks to hear they discontinued it, but I *think* for what it's worth that you can just run a VHR head gasket in the future to get more vendor/product options if you do have to do a do-over. Kinda like how you can run the VHR block with the HR heads kinda thing.

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