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[minilee94]

cheers mate and yeah imrebuilding it at my mates garage he works for arriva bus company and im building it there soo iv got all the tool and he is guiding me what to do and when it come to putting it back together im guna have a good read of the haynes manual cheers

[Retro_10s]

Is this a 998? Looks like you've bought a 1275 headgasket.

Edited by Retro_10s, 21 June 2011 - 10:29 PM.

[PhilipGCaldwell]

Is this a 998? Looks like you've bought a 1275 headgasket.

correct, it is the 1275 headgasket, but when putting a 1275 head onto a 998 block, you need the 1275 gasket so the passagways lineup

[twrminisport]

Its a HEAD gasket. The Gasket needs to correspond to the HEAD rather than the BLOCK casting.

THink about it else you would need a '1293' and '1380' gasket etc aswell

[minilee94]

yup its a 1275 but as the guys above said really its a 1275 head going on so i need a 1275 head gasket

[PhilipGCaldwell]

have a listen lee, this is how yours will possibly sound

by the way what cam are you going for in this?

Edited by PhilipGCaldwell, 22 June 2011 - 08:32 AM.

[andymini12]

have a listen lee, this is how yours will possibly sound

by the way what cam are you going for in this?

What cam do you have in that ?

[PhilipGCaldwell]

have a listen lee, this is how yours will possibly sound

by the way what cam are you going for in this?

What cam do you have in that ?

kent 276

[minilee94]

ahh sounds nice popping lol and a fast road / rally cam from mini speed

[andymini12]

have a listen lee, this is how yours will possibly sound

by the way what cam are you going for in this?

What cam do you have in that ?

kent 276

Nice that is what im putting in mine at the minute

[PhilipGCaldwell]

have a listen lee, this is how yours will possibly sound

by the way what cam are you going for in this?

What cam do you have in that ?

kent 276

Nice that is what im putting in mine at the minute

sorry to hijack the thread lee
to be honest Andy I think if I did it again I would use the 266 kent, im not complaining about the 276, its great, but the 266 would be a very smooth drive, mine has tended to bog down a little under 2000 revs, but by 'eck when it gets to 2000 it pulls like a dream

[minilee94]

haha no problem mate i havnt had chance to update in a while

[andymini12]

Well its to late now, i have the cam now, just wondering what was your CR ? again sorry about the hijack lee

[PhilipGCaldwell]

my CR is (roughly) 10.5:1

with putting the 12g940 on it has 21/22cc chambers so its up to you if you want to reshape them

because I had dished pistons i left my chambers alone as the CR was already a little lower anyway, then take into account the pockets which again reduces CR

like I say im not dissapointed with the 276 its just a 266 would be much smoother drive and still quite powerful

[minilee94]

little update got bored today with the crappy weather so i painted the head ,thermostat housing and the water pump pulley

came out well





what you think

Edited by minilee94, 28 June 2011 - 04:05 PM.