victor reinz gaskets?

[urrlord]

as i am getting ready to get the head gasket done on my 93 dodge spirit's 2.5l i have been researching gaskets.
fel-pro,rock,apex,victor reinz seem to be the most common names.rock and apex i have not heard of.fel-pro is widely known.victor reinz(a dana subsidiary) i have seen mentioned on a few sites.
any opinions on any of these?
right now i am leaning towards the reinz set as rockauto has a head gasket set including head bolts and washers for about 70 dollars.
the reinz stuff seems to have a good rep on some of the hi-performance forums.the allpar guys have favorable mentioned them ,but one site advised avoiding them as they were a copy of an older mopar/fel-pro design.but the fel-pro stuff seems to be a hit or miss quality on their design upgrades.
[censored] the net.too much info .so i tend to over analyse.
appreciate any thoughts guys.

 

[Loobed]

Around here Fel-pro is generally considered the best gaskets. Victor makes good gaskets also. Some gaskets may work better on a specific vehicle. Fel-pro made special gaskets for GM engines that don't get eaten away, or deteriorate, by Dex-cool.

 

[Boomer]

I worked for a large company for 27 years that made head gasketing material and tested it extensively on engines in an in-house lab. We were the first company to go to Kevlar from asbestos. We produced the material in enormous rolls made on a Fourdrinier (paper making)machine. It was then sold to companies like Victor, FelPro, etc, who "dinked out" the actual shape they wanted and then added any metal, plastic edging, etc. CHances are good that the material in almost all of these gaskests is from the same supplier but only the edging, etc is different. SO look at the actual gasket. Does it look well put together? Are the edges surrounding the cylinders and the coolant passage holes neat, clean and well formed and bonded to the gasket material?

 

[The_Jeff]

Allpar says get the mopar performance gasket, they have a part number you can special order at any dodge dealer.

If time is too long, fel-pro should at least get you another 17 years. Advance auto should have in stock, and 40% off coupons are in the rebate section of this bbs.

 

[JHZR2]

Fel pro always has been good. Victor is what I use on my MB diesels, it is made in Germany and they last until I need to pull them...

 

[urrlord]

thanks for the answers so far guys.
i called the nearest dodge dealer(35 miles) earlier today to get a price quote on the mopar performance gasket.the parts guy said "don't have a way to look up mopar performance.but i'll look up what i can"turned out to be 70 dollars for an upper gasket kit without bolts and the 10 bolts were 6.75 a piece.no way.
i may have to go the advance auto route with the discount code,if i can ever get their website to work.it keeps locking up and has been acting janky for the last few months.both on my work computer and my home computer.they really need to get in touch with the folks running o'reilly's site.lol.
i don't really like doing business with advance. as they were rude to my wife when she went to pick up some items for me when i was down with the flu a few years ago.out of the seven parts stores in town they are consistently the worst in customer service.but i may have to bite the bullet.

 

[urrlord]

i bit the bullet and ordered from AAp after some difficulties with the website.the order was: a fel-pro headgasket set w/bolts,washers,waterpump,timing belt set,alt/w.p. belt for 160$.entered the discount code listed in the sale forum.got 40$ off and qualified for free shipping.
also AAp was running a reward special.on dec 17 i get an e-mail coupon that is good for a month and is good for 50% off any purchase over 100$.i may stock up on oil,filters,atf with that coupon in january.
they may have just won back my business.

 

[flacoman]

Does Cometic make one for that engine? Seen those hold up under turbo Subies at very high power levels ...