blown headgasket

[matt1gawd]

hey guys clutch master cylinder went out last week so i replaced it then the alternater fried so i replaced it then last night i blew my head gasket i love dsms hahahaha so if anyone has a good aftermarket head gasket let me know thanks and i mite want arp head studs

 

[TopGun8818]

Just buy a new one from extreme psi along with the arp head studs - it don't get cheaper than this.
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[matt1gawd]

thankyou for the link buddy good idea and yea thats a good price im ordering today

 

[TurboDSM90]

Make sure you check your head and block for straightness and a nice shiny surface if using the cometics. Otherwise, stay away and stick with a composite. You can run the stock 6 bolt head bolts overtorque'd a few lbs on a felpro for a while. I would say with a decent tune and moderate boost on a good fuel they are good to 30ish psi.

That being said, I run composite HG's (ITM and fel-pros) and an oringed head around 40psi on E85.

If you want a solid combo, L19s and an OEM mitsu composite. But keep the boost stock and get some sort of logger or tuning software so you can monitor what is going on with the engine, otherwise it (blown HG) will happen again.

 

[matt1gawd]

thanks u for your input buddy i will definetly keep that in mind, ive done almost everything on dsms motor wise and numerous honda motor swaps and head gaskets and turbo mods but i havent done a headgasket on a 1g and i know for a fact i can im just curious about the cams ,,,can i pull the head without taking the cams out?

 

[pneumo]

thanks u for your input buddy i will definetly keep that in mind, ive done almost everything on dsms motor wise and numerous honda motor swaps and head gaskets and turbo mods but i havent done a headgasket on a 1g and i know for a fact i can im just curious about the cams ,,,can i pull the head without taking the cams out?

Yes you can.

 

[matt1gawd]

yea its all torn apart just waiting on parts and im stoked that i dont have to poll the cams to get to head bolts so once i get my parts next week i can get it all done in probably a day if everything goes rite, i cant wait to feel my new turbo in the car and im gona tap ported mannifold for the wide band or shoild i tap my ported 02 housing?

 

[98GSXin]

Tap the downpipe. It's supposed to be 6-12" from the turbo I believe.

 

[matt1gawd]

ok jacob i will tap the downpipe thankyou for the help guys im not looking forward to re timming it haha