headgasket question

[Tris 0]

is there a uprated head gasket for a AAA 2.8. some people say there is a triple layer that you can get from VW has anyone got a part number?

[p0u1 14]

i think your confused with a head gasket to decrees the compression of the engine for forced induction, just go for the normal gasket its fairly rare to blow them unless your turboed or supercharged. or dont look affter your car and get it to hot :-/

[Tris 0]

Ok I think heat was alot of the issue as it blew on a hot track day. so would standard be ok and try and sort more cooling somehow or is there an uprated one so if it does get hot on track it should be better than a standard one?

thanks

[p0u1 14]

vr's do tend to get hot when you thrash them :-p, im not to sure what people do to keep the heat down, i think the best thing you could do if you plan on using it for alot of track days is posible find a bigger rad and make sure the water pump and water housing bits are all working, are you turboed or supercharged?

[craggsy 91]

Low temp stat and switch, oil cooler and change oil often is about all you can do. Oh and make sure water pump and oil pump are working correctly.

[Tris 0]

standard engine apart fom stainless manifold and air filter. it was our 1st track with the car and its purley for track use,

we are doing the water pump as a matter of cause.

we have the fan switch wired up so as soon as we go on track we switch it on to full speed.

so would standard gasket do the job.

where does larger rads?

it was bloody hot on that day and we lasted 2 hours before putting it back on the truck and going home.

[ashmk3 0]

Isn't there the gasket for the mk4 vr 12v which is metal?

[p0u1 14]

just look for a rad out of a 4.2 or something bigger that still fits behind the grill, and yea a oil cooler wouldn't be a bad idear :-p, also if its a track day car make the air path to the radd as open as possible.

i think there is a few gasket options that would help the problem but in the end of the day you probably warped the head abit and thats the why it would fail.