‘ Ours, haven’ t had any failures. We have tested an engine to destruction, and it did get destroyed, but it wasn’ t the head gasket.’
Its open deck block and wet liners can be the root of K-Series head gasket issues, but these instances are rare
‘ Ours, haven’ t had any failures. We have tested an engine to destruction, and it did get destroyed, but it wasn’ t the head gasket.’
To help with the cooling system, Analogue Automotive’ s Super Sport Elise also gets a different thermostat.‘ The later cars got a pressure relief thermostat, PRT. It’ s a separate lower temperature thermostat that rerouted the coolant and kept the engine temperatures a lot happier. They’ re what we fit to our engines.’
It also comes with a full engine rebuild.‘ The head goes off so it can get stripped out. It gets inspected and pressure tested, and machined so it’ s 100 % flat. One thing we do is check the liner heights so the protrusions are correct and the gasket is sandwiched together nicely.’ That ensures the coolant-into-thecylinder issue isn’ t a problem, too.
There’ s one simple way to make sure your K-Series head gasket isn’ t a problem anymore – even in an engine that makes 210hp as
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