ITB's gaskets.

[Dan The Top Bloke]

I'm currently fitting ITB's to my spare engine its going to see road use and a bit of track time here and there, my question is would it be worth while getting a up rated head gasket? and on that note up rated piston rings?
I only ask as ive stripped the engine down last night and my friends dad mentioned it.

I was thinking of going for genuine Renault parts for the head bolts gaskets and rings but he said it would be worth wile upgrading them whilst it out.
Any thoughts and comments welcome!

 

[Mar172]

Up rated valves is where I would start

 

[Ph1 Tom]

Standard engine with standard Renault gaskets etc. I would do the following though to make the most of the ITBs and enging longevity :-

Uprated cams £320ish (Piper BP285 are the best £/performance)
Head port/polish (makes the most of the cams and ITBs)
ARP conrod bolts (standard are a weak point)
Supertec valves (standard are a weak point, head is being done anyway)

I wouldn't go any further than that because it starts getting expensive and the gains aren't worth it.

 

[Dan@SJM]

He's got 421's, super tech valves, and ARP's. Bung a set of mahle rings in it. Most itb manifolds have o-rings in them.

 

[Dan The Top Bloke]

sorry for got to mention the above as dan stated,
@Dan@SJM hamlins have sourced me a price for NPR rings for 140+vat

head gasket wise what would you recomend?

 

[Dan@SJM]

You can get genuine for about the same money. Genuine gasket 100%

 

[Richy182.]

Wouldn't bother doing rings anyway too much hassle

 

[Dan The Top Bloke]

just thought id change them while i can get to em.

 

[Dan@SJM]

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.