Wil
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- Dec 15, 2002
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Boston_Ma
Recently, I blew my headgasket again and noticed the back side of the head lifts. I don't remember this being the case when the car was more stock. Could it have anything to do with the fact that I have an aftermarket intake manifold and deleted the bracket that holds the intake?
Background: I'm running a magnus 2.4 liter block, ARP head studs torqued to 100-110 ft/lbs with ARP moly, first time cometic headgasket, second time Felpro headgasket, magnus two piece sheetmetal intake, 60-1 turbo with 8cm turbine housing.
Each time the headgasket blew I was running 30+ psi of boost due to the external wastegate failing to open. I don't know how much exactly cause my gauge only goes to 30. Also, all 4 cylinders were blowing out the rear half of the gasket. On the cometic is was pretty close to 180 degrees of failure on all four.
Any insight would be appreciated.
TIA!
Background: I'm running a magnus 2.4 liter block, ARP head studs torqued to 100-110 ft/lbs with ARP moly, first time cometic headgasket, second time Felpro headgasket, magnus two piece sheetmetal intake, 60-1 turbo with 8cm turbine housing.
Each time the headgasket blew I was running 30+ psi of boost due to the external wastegate failing to open. I don't know how much exactly cause my gauge only goes to 30. Also, all 4 cylinders were blowing out the rear half of the gasket. On the cometic is was pretty close to 180 degrees of failure on all four.
Any insight would be appreciated.
TIA!
