Looky ...

[scotty-2-forty]

Got the Cometic head gasket today ...



You can see the difference between the multilayer metal gasket (1) and the composite OEM (2) ...

(1)

(2)

Should help to seal up nicely when under high(er) boost. Probably going to have the exhaust gasket done up too ... need more thought. :ylsuper

[C-Kwik]

nice. By the way, I can't tell from the photos, but are there any raised portions of the gasket that help promote a more positive sealing? Particularly around the cylinders.

[scotty-2-forty]

There are ridges around each internal opening that are designed through each layer to mate up with each other when torqued down. You can just make it out in the close-up photo ... it looks as though the flash cast some phantom darks and lights.

[Altiman94]

BURN OUT

[Nathan]

I tore down my new engine last night and noticed that there were no holes in the headgasket for water to pass through on cyl. 1,2, and 3...so I checked your picture and yep...its the same. Can someone explain to me why this is? Logic would tell me that you'd want all the water passages open so that it can flow freely and cool the whole engine...I havent looked at the way the passages are routed but this did confuse me quite a bit.