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Cometic Top End Gasket Kit for Ford’s 5.0L Gen 2 Coyote

Cometic’s Ford 5.0L Gen 2 Coyote Modular V8 Top End Gasket Kit features a 94mm bore, .040″ MLS head gasket.

Cometic MLS Exhaust Manifold Gaskets

Cometic’s MLS exhaust manifold gaskets are designed to maintain a torque set, resist corrosion and handle extreme cylinder pressures.

Cometic Automotive Catalog 2022

The Cometic Automotive Catalog has arrived featuring 2022 applications.

Copper vs. MLS Gaskets for 1,500 HP

For a 1,500-hp capable engine, should it be sealed with copper or MLS gaskets?

Cometic Duramax and Big Block Chevy Gaskets

Just as the 2021 SEMA Show rolls through Las Vegas, Cometic’s R&D team announced it has wrapped up development on new gaskets available for GM LML/LGH Duramax and big block engines. One new application is the StreetPro Gasket Kit. The top end gasket kit features a 4.130″ bore, .047″ MLX cylinder head gasket Learn More

1-on-1 with Cometic Gasket’s Bob Gorman

Cometic Gasket was founded in 1989 with the concept of developing custom engine gaskets. Founder and Owner Bob Gorman wanted to supply people with what they truly needed, not with what they were forced to buy. Today, the company operates out of 78,000 sq.-ft. and has become one of the premiere gasket brands in the

Cometic Gasket Acquires Klotz Synthetic Lubricants

Cometic Gasket, a supplier of gaskets and engine sealing solutions for the automotive, powersports, original equipment and remanufactured engine industries, announced it has acquired Klotz Synthetic Lubricants.  Based in Fort Wayne, IN, and founded by John C. Klotz Jr., in 1959, Klotz Synthetic Lubricants specializes in providing superior lubricants to racers, performance enthusiasts, and traditional end-users. For

Cometic Gasket and Roush Yates Engines Extend Partnership

Cometic Gasket is the exclusive engine gasket of the Ford FR9 EFI Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and Ford FR9 Carb NASCAR Xfinity Series engines that power cars at 73 events during the 2019 NASCAR season.

Video: Engine of the Week – 570 cid Hemi Engine

Mike Moran of Moran Motorsports in Taylor, MI began developing this 570 cid Hemi engine capable of 4,400 hp nine years ago. Moran finally finished the engine earlier in 2018 and wound up with a 5,295 hp, 100% billet engine! Find out what it took to make this one-of-kind engine in our Engine of the Week sponsored by Cometic Gasket and Penn Grade Motor Oil.

557 cid Mopar Mega Block Engine

When Happs CNC Performance Engines’ employee Dan Chenoweth found a mega block available in Syracuse, NY, he jumped at the chance to turn it into a racing engine. Along with shop owner Keith Happs, the machine shop turned this 440 Mopar mega block into a 557 cid racing machine capable of 900-950 hp. Find out what went into this relatively rare build.

4G63 Evo 8 Engine

Coming from a technician background, Roni Almasi was tired of simply repairing something back to working order. Instead, he wanted to build engines that made more horsepower and featured better engineering than they previously did. He and a business partner started JRP Performance seven months ago and are focused on import engines like this 4G63 Evo 8. Find out the details of this 1,000-hp Evo drag racing engine!

Baldwin Racing Engines’ 440 LS Late-Model Dirt Engine Wins Engine of the Year 2018

Following a voting contest in November, Baldwin Racing Engines’ 440 LS Late-Model Dirt engine came away the winner of Engine Builder magazine’s 2018 Engine of the Year contest sponsored by Penn Grade and Cometic Gasket. Jeff and his team were presented a custom milled valve cover trophy at the Engine Builder PRI Party Wednesday, December 5 at the Rock Bottom Brewery in Indianapolis.