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Old 20-11-10, 05:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Rubbond View Post
What did Bristol say?
Ian.
A genial director sold me a special cylinder head gasket for £163.3
See photo attached !
When I came to my machine shop with this rarity , the guy was laughing !
First because the thickness of the gasket was about 2.5 mm instead of 1 mm , modifying the volumetric ratio and he told me that copper cylinder head gaskets are not exactely appropriated for high volumetric ratio ( 10:1 in my case )

For the surplus : I have just one right .... to shut up
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