70mm head gasket 66mm bore

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yes/no? need a 2.5mm 66.5 and cant find one, and dont want to double up......

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you may find that a standard "66mm" gasket will work anyway. They tend to be produced slightly larger to allow for rebores IMO.

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66m would be fine, but anyone know who stocks 2.5?

thanks for the reply chris
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dansacred wrote:66m would be fine, but anyone know who stocks 2.5?

thanks for the reply chris
MB or Worb5 as far as I know. Maybe Scooter-Center as well (BGM).
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cheers for the link but just bumping that first question though,

is there any problem with running 70mm head gaskets on a 66mm bore?
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Yes there is a problem with doing that.
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Like a nice big gap for heat to build up and problems trying to squish it.
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