some parts i ordered

You talked me into it Austin.
I have the engine stand, I have been debating if I should go with the hole in the roof and a come-along or a portable engine crane. If my garage was bigger it would be the crane for sure, Hmmm maybe I will rent one, Hmmm.

Ok so...

looked at the gasket kits out there and I hate victor gaskets.
phoned Carl at 928 MS and ta-da bought a good gasket kit (little more money) but .... they arn't cheep gaskets.
www.928motorsports.com/parts/complete_gasket_set.php



Carl also has 3 types of custom head gaskets. custom thicknesses and composition.
1- www.928motorsports.com/parts/graphite_steel_gaskets.php
2- www.928motorsports.com/parts/copper_head_gaskets.php
3- www.928motorsports.com/parts/headgaskets.php

Hi Brad,
For someone who hates VR gaskets you sure bought a lot of them. The gasket set and the Porsche set are both made by VR. The Porsche set is circa $700 and we sell the VR set for $420. I hope Carl did not tell you his set was not VR. He still has the VR boxes in his pictures.
Hope that helps.
Roger

Roger Tyson;1725 wrote: Hi Brad,
For someone who hates VR gaskets you sure bought a lot of them. The gasket set and the Porsche set are both made by VR. The Porsche set is circa $700 and we sell the VR set for $420. I hope Carl did not tell you his set was not VR. He still has the VR boxes in his pictures.
Hope that helps.
Roger

I didn't want to be the one to point this out. Glad it was you.

Yes he did mention that the stock porsche is VR.
He is putting together a custom kit for me.
Guess i shouldn't have posted the picture.

Gretchen Phoned right away, I talked to Carl about the gasket quality, they followed with the e-mail below.

I was happy to reduce the cost of gasket. Please keep the attached copy of the invoice.
I have listed the bores and thicknesses of the gasket on the order that you need to choose from.
Let me know your preferences so that I can have it made and ready to ship with the remainder of your order.]
I am going with the Silicone/Copper Head Gaskets
bore sizes: 95,97,100 or 104mm My 89 S4 is a 100 mm bore
thickness of gasket: 0.040. 0.050, 0.056 or 0.064" I chose 0.050

To me service over cost gets my business, but some people prefer to get the cheapest price.
It is good to have both.
Thank you for making sure that I knew what I was getting Roger.

Roger Tyson;1725 wrote: Hi Brad,
For someone who hates VR gaskets you sure bought a lot of them. The gasket set and the Porsche set are both made by VR. The Porsche set is circa $700 and we sell the VR set for $420. I hope Carl did not tell you his set was not VR. He still has the VR boxes in his pictures.
Hope that helps.
Roger

I guess I miss understood Carl, Thanks for pointing that out Roger. I went back and clarified it with Carl. He only has custom Head Gaskets. I did see some BBK, and Mr Gasket, Gaskets on line but if they were any good the performance guys would be using them, right. I was hoping for a fel-pro intake set, cost is not a factor if the lower cost part fails.

Brad

Damn, not sure where to start.

You can pull the heads on anything '87 forward with the engine in the car. They have bolts, not studs. Which means you have the clearance to do so.