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    Which headgasket?

    Felpro or Mopar? Time for a head gasket for my van.It currently has a mopar on it.Dont know how long its been on there.

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    Re: Which headgasket?

    mopar, although there's a newer felpro that looks a bit better.

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    Re: Which headgasket?

    Mancini racing was selling the MP 005 and 006 headgaskets for $10 & $15 each. I'm not sure if they still have the 005 as I cant find it listed anymore but the 006 still is.

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    Re: Which headgasket?

    Felpro works good, Auto Zone carries them for like $18 bucks. Have one on my 2.2 that has around 25-30k on it w/ no problem at 15psi, about 5-6 years old now too. I've seen them hold up to 23-25 psi. Mopar is obviously good also, so it's pretty much whichever one you can get cheaper or easier/quicker.
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    Re: Which headgasket?

    I have a felpro on my car and its semi blown. I installed an ebay honda radiator and I used the chinese cap, that cap had spring pressure of well over 35 psi. It pressurized the system and it actually pushed coolant into an oil passage. There was no combustion chamber breech just the coolant passage to a return.

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    Re: Which headgasket?

    I'd use Mopar over FelPro.
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    Re: Which headgasket?

    Mopar 005 FTMFW,
    1989 FWD Turbo Caravan-2.5 TIII, GT35R, auto, a/c, cruise, pwr windows/locks, fully loaded with interior and ran with full exhaust. RETIRED FOR A FEW YEARS! 12.57@104 :O)
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    2003 GSW 2.0L TDI, auto, fully loaded, modified, 360K-wife's.
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    Re: Which headgasket?

    I vote for MP gasket, why bother with anything else, I have used them many times with no problems, even re-used them with no probs.

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    Re: Which headgasket?

    Mopar Performance gasket. I would only use a FelPro on an N/A application and only if I got one for free (such as the case when I bought my gasket set).

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    Re: Which headgasket?

    why not run a cometics and not have to worry about it....ive had the same cometics gasket on 2 diff motors, and it still works.....they are reusable, just hit em w/ some copper spray, i did back it up some ARP studs tho.....

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    Re: Which headgasket?

    Some of us don't have good luck with Cometics.
    1989 FWD Turbo Caravan-2.5 TIII, GT35R, auto, a/c, cruise, pwr windows/locks, fully loaded with interior and ran with full exhaust. RETIRED FOR A FEW YEARS! 12.57@104 :O)
    1984 Chev Getaway van, 6.2 Diesel with a remote mounted turbo setup burning WMO-For sale.
    2003 GSW 2.0L TDI, auto, fully loaded, modified, 360K-wife's.
    2004 GSW TDI, 5 speed, fully loaded, modified.

    Aurora ignition wires for sale. Link to info

    Super60 roller cams or custom/billet cams. Link to info

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    Re: Which headgasket?

    ??????? hmmmmm u drilling out the rivits and spray'n each layer????

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    Re: Which headgasket?

    Quote Originally Posted by 22shelby View Post
    ??????? hmmmmm u drilling out the rivits and spray'n each layer????
    Yep,
    1989 FWD Turbo Caravan-2.5 TIII, GT35R, auto, a/c, cruise, pwr windows/locks, fully loaded with interior and ran with full exhaust. RETIRED FOR A FEW YEARS! 12.57@104 :O)
    1984 Chev Getaway van, 6.2 Diesel with a remote mounted turbo setup burning WMO-For sale.
    2003 GSW 2.0L TDI, auto, fully loaded, modified, 360K-wife's.
    2004 GSW TDI, 5 speed, fully loaded, modified.

    Aurora ignition wires for sale. Link to info

    Super60 roller cams or custom/billet cams. Link to info

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    Re: Which headgasket?

    Thanks for the help guys.Ive run cometic gaskets in the past on my old Turbo neon,never had a problem with them.I wouldnt mind using one but spending that much on a hg isnt in the budget right now.Ill go with the mopar.

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