what head gasket should i use
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18-12-2004, 02:40 PM
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think i will stick with stu on this. how long has he been in the tuning scene? there you go rather listen to those that play every day with these engines other then those that dabble sorry peeps
18-12-2004, 02:41 PM
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just finding my feet
well karl has the same advice as stu on this one too so thats a good choice 
i know a few cars running big bho on standard head bolts and head gasket
thats how mine was done too
i know a few cars running big bho on standard head bolts and head gasket
thats how mine was done too
18-12-2004, 10:42 PM
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Stick a standard one and an arp one under a magnifying glass and look at the threads and you will see the difference in quality.
Standard ones may well be good enough of course though, and no point spending the extra money on a better gasket if a standard one isnt at risk of failure, i have a habbit though of ending up running nitrous on every engine i own at some point, so i always like to over engineer head gaskets.
Standard ones may well be good enough of course though, and no point spending the extra money on a better gasket if a standard one isnt at risk of failure, i have a habbit though of ending up running nitrous on every engine i own at some point, so i always like to over engineer head gaskets.
18-12-2004, 10:56 PM
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ARP wont ever be inferior to a standard unit unless its installed wrongly, sometimes you need to not torque them up as hard as the bolt can take in order to not crush the fire ring on the gasket, providing you do that, you wont get a problem.
they take less torque to do them up for the same amount of clamping pressure, so you need to do them up less than standard in some cases and a lot of people dont realise that.
they take less torque to do them up for the same amount of clamping pressure, so you need to do them up less than standard in some cases and a lot of people dont realise that.
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