Indispensable: a good cylinder head gasket for the engine!

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Tuning the vehicle usually involves a considerable exchange of vehicle parts. Especially in the area of ​​performance tuning, the car parts of the car have to be adapted to the new performance. What good is a big one Turbo, Chiptuning or a new one Air Intake System if the cylinder head gasket is crap. The cylinder head gasket is a particularly important part of the vehicle that is significantly involved in the power distribution and transmission of the vehicle and must be adjusted accordingly when tuning. The cylinder head gasket and improved variants are discussed in more detail below.

improved cylinder head gasket

The cylinder head gasket is a component in the car that is between cylinder head and crankcase. The cylinder head gasket is often simply referred to as the head gasket and is used to seal engine oil ducts, cooling water ducts and the combustion chamber. In addition to the sealing, the head gasket also takes over the power transmission between car components. The force distribution is an important influencing factor and it should work at least as well as before, especially after tuning. An improved cylinder head gasket may therefore be necessary during tuning.

What to pay attention to?

Tuning the vehicle may require an improved head gasket. It should be noted that there are head gaskets of different thicknesses and the number of holes must be observed. (e.g. 3-hole: 1,71 mm, 2-hole, 1,63 mm and 1-hole 1,55 mm). A standard gasket may no longer be sufficient for a machined cylinder head / engine. In various forums, tips on machining the cylinder head are given and work afterwards so that the head gasket fits. In general, such grinding and tuning work should be carried out by experts. It is advisable to purchase a cylinder head gasket specially adapted to the new conditions after working on the engine block or the cylinder head. Specialist dealers offer reinforced cylinder head gaskets that are suitable, for example, for motorsport and road use.

Cylinder head gaskets - buy from specialist dealers

If you are looking for high-quality cylinder head gaskets, you will find them at specialist dealers. There are many offers on the Internet. However, it is difficult to make a statement about the quality of the goods. It is important that you order from well-known companies that offer articles for the tuning area and racing and know your way around. Customer reviews and tuning forums can help you choose the right cylinder head gasket. In addition, the interested customer can tune the car completely in experienced tuning workshops and have the cylinder head gasket replaced with an improved variant. If a workshop has made the changes to the engine, it can also best estimate which cylinder head gasket is required.

Reinforced cylinder head gaskets - advantages?

Improved or reinforced head gaskets, for example, have a compression reduction. The articles are built up in several layers and are made of metal. The material of these cylinder head gaskets is also known as multi-layer steel. The cylinder head gaskets have coated, thicker intermediate plates and thus increase the compression. Corresponding head gaskets with specially made intermediate plates are commercially available. When buying, you should pay attention to suitable head gaskets for the respective vehicle types. We hope that the info report on the topic / term Cylinder head gasket (Further designations / keywords: head gasket, engine gasket, engine gasket) from the field of autotuning. Our goal is that the largest German-language tuning dictionary (Tuning Wikipedia) and to explain tuning terms from A to Z easily and understandably. Almost every day we expand this lexicon and how far we are, you can HERE see. Soon the next one will be Tuning scene concept be illuminated by us. By the way, you will be informed about new topics if you have ours Feed subscribe to.

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