Ported Head - What To Do Gasketwise

[seabiscuit]

Well, I've just fixed a problem in my car which has caused another problem (not as worse as previous problem, though).

 

I have a ported head/manifold on my 5k and just had the head serviced, which included new exhaust gaskets! The gaskets were

too small compared to the port jobs so I tried to grind them out to the size of the ports with a dremel which rooted them, causing

an exhaust leak!

 

Just after some tips on how to do it properly when I buy a new set of gaskets to try again!

[philbey]

Seriously, the Permaseal gasket should be large enough. How much meat did you take out of these ports and I demand pictures.

[seabiscuit]

Seriously, the Permaseal gasket should be large enough. How much meat did you take out of these ports and I demand pictures.

It's in my daily.... The gaskets I got were only about 20mm wide before I grinded them up, so now that I have

grinded them away there's about a 10mm width between the inside of the port to the outside edge. I recently saw

Taz_Rx gasket he had on his 5kte and it covered the whole side of the block. Where can I get one of these bad boys?

(SEE PIC BELOW)

 

The ports have been opened up reasonably - I didn't do the job myself as I bought it like this. When I got it reco'd

the guys from the Head Shop said that it was a really dodgy job as half of the valves had been nicked from the porting

tool and it just generally looks rough.

 

If I get another gasket and give it another go, I will take a photo and post it up.

 

Just a quick note, got a 7K gasket (was told by exhaust shop dude atleast) to try and fit up, but the stud holes are all

in the wrong spot, so don't try this if you port your head.

 

Edited August 28, 2009 by seabiscuit

[philbey]

Bursons, Motor Traders etc should all get you one of those Permaseal EM30's.

[Felix]

ACL make exactly the same extractor gasket part no. DSF24