What are good brands of head gaskets? That is, besides Toyota. 
Some brands I've seen are EPN,Eristic, ITM, Apex, Corteco.
Some brands I've seen are EPN,Eristic, ITM, Apex, Corteco.
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Just a thought, copper?
I thought copper had too p's in it.
I thought copper had too p's in it.
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I have bought several Apex gasket sets from eBay(user mingsung) hereWhat are good brands of head gaskets? That is, besides Toyota.
Some brands I've seen are EPN,Eristic, ITM, Apex, Corteco.
and have had good results. Good price and set shows up very fast! I ordered one day and the set was there the next!!!
Danny
As a former NAPA employee, i use, and have used Victor-Reinz.
and have used ROCK gaskets too.
i like em both. heres why.
on two separate occasions. with the two brands, i accidently bent the end of the gasket. you know, where its real small around the timing cover.
the victor gasket was severly deformed, and at 40 bucks a peice, i kept it on there.
meh.
so any way its been close to 80K miles and not a problem.
the Rock gasket i F'd up too, and that one is still fine.
over all, i think that some are junk, but many are not.
I do know that Victor puts a lot of time and research into developing a leading gasket. so they may be superior. but that could be the former employee talkin too.
and have used ROCK gaskets too.
i like em both. heres why.
on two separate occasions. with the two brands, i accidently bent the end of the gasket. you know, where its real small around the timing cover.
the victor gasket was severly deformed, and at 40 bucks a peice, i kept it on there.
meh.
so any way its been close to 80K miles and not a problem.
the Rock gasket i F'd up too, and that one is still fine.
over all, i think that some are junk, but many are not.
I do know that Victor puts a lot of time and research into developing a leading gasket. so they may be superior. but that could be the former employee talkin too.
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I just use what ever Engnbldr sends me!!! 
Absolutely DO NOT use ITM, I got a full ITM kit from the machine shop for free, thought it was a great deal, but now I know why it was free. I got leaks all over the place, and everything was torqued correctly. Their gaskets are absolute crap. I've been slowly replacing some with the napa gaskets and I'm happy with the results. I'm just about to replace pretty much every gasket on my engine this weekend, with napa gaskets. I'll let you know the results.
I've also heard great things about Fel pro too, especially their header gaskets.
i agree, but for me napas right around the corner and more convinient then fel pro. either or... ive heard great things about both. havent heard much about the oems....arent they expensive?
If you ask your local napa might be able to order you a fel pro gasket.
At least mine was able to.
Just a thought, copper?
I thought copper had too p's in it.
his question was "what are good BRANDS of head gaskets" not what are they made out of (FWIW the best ones were made out of asbestos -banned-)
they dont make copper head gaskets for cars welcome to the year 2007.....
If you are going to post please dont post worthless comments to pad your post count or to try to be funny, people post questions to get answers to problems, not get some off the wall invalid response, thats what "chat" is for.
yes but some will say not,but i find when i torque in 3 stages with these gaskets i have never had a failure
no your right victor is the only gaskets dad would use.never had one fail he claimed. shrugAs a former NAPA employee, i use, and have used Victor-Reinz.
and have used ROCK gaskets too.
i like em both. heres why.
on two separate occasions. with the two brands, i accidently bent the end of the gasket. you know, where its real small around the timing cover.
the victor gasket was severly deformed, and at 40 bucks a peice, i kept it on there.
meh.
so any way its been close to 80K miles and not a problem.
the Rock gasket i F'd up too, and that one is still fine.
over all, i think that some are junk, but many are not.
I do know that Victor puts a lot of time and research into developing a leading gasket. so they may be superior. but that could be the former employee talkin too.
and very corrosion prone with any aluminum/steel combos, laminated material gaskets are the next best thing to an Oring
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Toyota. Spend the extra coin...it's a pain to R&R a head...
why would they be corrosion prone?laminated gaskets have a steel core in them,wouldn't that be just as corrosion prone?I dont think i have ever heard of a copper gasket ever failing,race engines use them all the time with aluminum/steel engine designs,just do you want to spend over 100 odd dolars on a gasket?Copper is a GREAT gasket just getting hard to find these days.In the early days of supercharging and turbos copper was always used.In my opinion laminated gaskets are just a cheaper way to make a gasket
Just paddin' here but........... I thought I might HELP this guy by broudening his horizons.
You mean this aint 79-95 cars!!!!! tech I'm sorry.
1: resurch copper head gaskets
2: join us in the year 2007
3: Every Toyota motor I know of has an aftermarket supplyer for copper head gaskets.
4: I'm gonna Keep paddin' IF its OK with you
5: EVERY Toyota motor that I will be keeping (ie NEVER FOR SALE)
will have a copper HG, my sons son will let you know when it goes bad.
6: Why do companies make them?
7: Why in the *ell do so many companys sell them?
8: Why does'nt this thing have spell check?
9: Do I get a cookie at 100?
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