Was That Head Gasket Red Or Gray?

[Dan Hodges]

We Both See Red

Originally posted by Jeremy_Sells
Just thought I would jump in here and say that I too had one of those red head gaskets with my Wiseco 1196 kit that I got a few years back. I still have not got the kit installed and so the gasket hangs on the wall in the garage. It makes a great talking point when I have got folks in the garage. They want to know all about the weird color gasket and could care less about the 1964 Mercedes in the corner!

Thanks for responding because now I know I'm not nuts after all about this red gasket deal. When I called Wiseco and told them the gasket I had gotten in November of 07 was red and the ones I had just gotten were gray, they said they didn't know anything about a red gasket and suggested I call Cometic which I did. They said they had never made a red one. I have since called Vance&Hines and they said the red gaskets were made by Victor and were a superior gasket to the current gray CFM-20 type made by Cometic. I don't know which one is best but I have them all and I have a red one in my motor and so now that I know you got a red one in your kit I'll quit worrying about it and move on. I take pictures of everything when I take it out of the box and I knew I wasn't crazy but was afraid that in old age I was going color blind. Thanks a lot for your info. Dan

[Dan Hodges]

Papa Won't You Buy Me A Mercedes Benz

Originally posted by Jeremy_Sells
Just thought I would jump in here and say that I too had one of those red head gaskets with my Wiseco 1196 kit that I got a few years back. I still have not got the kit installed and so the gasket hangs on the wall in the garage. It makes a great talking point when I have got folks in the garage. They want to know all about the weird color gasket and could care less about the 1964 Mercedes in the corner!

When you have arrived, it will be in a black Mercedes, even the Pope has one. " Built like no other car"!