Exhaust Manifold Gasket from min-its
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Hello earthlings

I orded some head gaskets from mini-its in the week, and id been having some trouble finding a turbo manifold gasket, when he said he had his own type of gasket made up, interested i said id take a couple to try.

So what do you chaps think of this? (its the middle one)



ive tried an injection one before but i ended up with it blowing, the turbo one this year has been ok over the last 1164 miles

he said its made of the same stuff as the K series ones, and appears to be a gasket sandwiched between 2 layers of thin aluminium



my only worry is that it doesnt have a ring around the inside of the exhaust like the turbo one does, but then again if it doesnt destroy on a nasp car turbo exhaust heat wont be that much hotter will it?

I've used this gasket before on NA stuff a few years ago, had no problems with it. See how you go with a turbo I suppose?

been fine on my car, and on antons N/A aswell.

I found the exhaust port holes a bit small on the perferated one for my head,so will need trimming a bit

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my be ok ive just ordered one from avonbar so well see what it looks like. the only thing with the middle one i can fink of is them types off gasket tend to stick to the surfaces of the head/manifold so should you need to do a quick head gasket change at avon youd probably need a new gasket there as well.

no longer a series, but still 1.3 turbo.

cool, ill give it a shot for sure then

yes the exhaust ports are a bit small, and need a little opening out

Not having done much on turbo's i dunno but,

isn't the turbo gasket only available in one size with the reinforcing ring?

assuming this the ring will be lost when opening it out to suit a modded head.

...so this (minits own) gasket should be no worse than the proper one.

the ring is a fair size mate, opening up your ports bigger than it is fairly hard...

Ive tried min-its style ones with no luck at all, the origional metty turbo one really is the nuts, i wish i had some spare in stock

ahh righto,

I was assuming they would be approx the size of a std ex port.

i know my morspeed was opened out and matched to the steel rung gasket.

That gasket, Ive had similar ones on a NA engine that burnt through the exhaust port at the top when on the rollers, the graphite/fibre was totaly gone leaving just the perforated steel. Will never use them again.

oh poo, im being filled with fear

I'm running a similar gasket, but it's ALL metal. I've used this gasket for years and it's the bollox. Last time i found somebody selling them i bought 10.
I saw the one you've got, and it just looked like a normal gasket in disguise, so i avoided it.
If you're desperate i can send you one of my proper ones ?

Phil.

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do you have any pics phil?

is it loads of layers of steel foil?

"Turbo's make torque, and torque makes fun"

"did you know you can toast potato waffles?"

I've never had any luck with that design on nat-asp motors.

All i've ever used is the turbo one, and the injection one.

Neither gave any probs, but I still prefer to use the turbo one when i can

ive used thge injection one and havnt used anything else since , minispares do them for about £2.50 each, maniflow wanted £7 the robbing gits.

always looking for them bigger bunches of bannanas

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all the way through?

Yep !!

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I have used injection gaskets in the past with good results

Team Racing

just a thought, anyone measured the ex manifold presssure on an a sesies turbo?

looks like a minispares c-aht381 gasket to me..