A Sticky Thread says that the Beat 2 head gasket is 2 layer as opposed to the beta 1... so is the beta 2 gasket just thicker? Would they be interchangeable?

 

they are interchangeable...

I had a beta head gasket on a beta I block with a beta II head....

So yeah cool.gif

btw... all the hyundai headgaskets ive seen (a lot) have been 2 layers.

 

someone said Beta 2 head gasket was $40 more with a discount, so he wasn't sure what difference was

Faith says thanks JAWS

 

tell him i said no problem


Ill check my garage and see if i can find the beta II headgasket...


Regardless..
All the beta headgaskets ive seen (mainly beta I) were two layers.

 

They should all actually be 3 layers.

Metal then plastic/rubber bonding material then more metal

When they are new, they are schooshed together so well, they appear as one layer of metal, but after some mileage, at the corners/edges that stick out of the block/head, they seperate due to vibration.

 

I read somewhere (I think the people from REAL ENGINEERING) that you could raise the compression on the Beta1 by putting 1.8 pistons and a Beta2 head gasket; I assumed it was thinner than the Beta1 because of that comment.
Would it be the same? It could be thicker too (and they recommend it not to raise compression too much).