Group A Head gasket
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Hi,

Does anyone know where I can get my hands on a Group A Head Gasket?

I've tried all the usual places but still having no joy. Any ideas??


Cheers

Noris

Edited by Noris8322 on 23rd Jul, 2012.

You ll be lucky, turbo Phil was the last to try, ended up having to get some sent over from a friend in Portugal IIRC

Audi s4 b5 - 470bhp & 486ft lbs

On 30th Apr, 2012 Brett said:
yeah stick the bit in and give it a wobble

oh bugger! Not what I was hoping to hear

Speak to Phil, I think he has the entire world stock, If he will sell one it will rightly be very very expensive.

Here for the craic..

Supercharged Arden powered

Cheers, I'll have a word

Moss Europe are advertising them

http://www.moss-europe.co.uk/Shop/ViewProd...ateIndexID=3760

96 quid - ulp

Wicked, thanks for the heads up

I've dropped them an email, just gotta hope they have got stock. If not it looks like I might have to scrap a freshly re-built block

Edited by Noris8322 on 23rd Jul, 2012.

All is not lost, if you cannot source a group a gasket contact Mike Tanski at Ferriday Engineering and see if he can help.

I also have an engine machined for the group A gasket, I do have a spare on the shelf also and reading this I'm glad I have.

I lost with this, can someone explain the difference please?

The block is machined to accept the group a gasket, which has a much deeper fire ring.

Audi s4 b5 - 470bhp & 486ft lbs

On 30th Apr, 2012 Brett said:
yeah stick the bit in and give it a wobble

Cheers mate :)

If ur still stuck you could always go for a cometic one-iv'e had one-very good but your gona have to have £70 spare.

No, wrong, the cometic will not have the double depth fire ring needed for the group A block.
I know you are only trying to help but please make sure you know 100% the situation before potentially having someone waste £70 on a gasket that isn't suited.

Do you think Cometic would make one to suit?

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.

Phils had no luck yet in persuading the firms mentioned above to make some.

Here for the craic..

Supercharged Arden powered

It's becoming a nightmare! Noone will reply to emails, if you ring someone they just say they will have to call u back and never do!

Anyone wanna buy a block? lol

Have you tried Ferriday Eng?

make a wire ring ,to fill the groove ,then use a normal gasket?

Medusa + injection = too much torque for the dyno ..https://youtu.be/qg5o0_tJxYM

How deep are the rings in the block? Would it be possible to get the block skimmed to eliminate them and use some short pistons? Or machine the pistons as well so their flush?

http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.p...tid=469104&fr=0

I think like Robert (sometimes) and I reckon a copper wire ring of the right size would do the job - and it wouldn,t cost much to find out.

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Ferriday already do a copper fire ring for the a series. I'm not sure if that groove is just a plain parallel cut or if there is an angle to it, but if it is just a straight cut, it be tempted to dry deck it and just use the copper fire ring on its own

Surely the block could be skimmed to accept a normal gasket? If you wanted that is.

Audi s4 b5 - 470bhp & 486ft lbs

On 30th Apr, 2012 Brett said:
yeah stick the bit in and give it a wobble

it could. but you'd need to skim the pistons too,

How deep is the fire ring? Picture must look deceiving

Audi s4 b5 - 470bhp & 486ft lbs

On 30th Apr, 2012 Brett said:
yeah stick the bit in and give it a wobble