soldave
15+ Year Contributor
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- Feb 17, 2008
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Okinawa, Japan,
Asia
OK, as part of my rebuild I'm obviously going to need a new headgasket, and am currently working out which one. Okinawa (where I live) has no machine shops to speak of and I don't want to send the head or block away to either the mainland or the States for machinework as this is pretty much a stock rebuild. Question is, what type of headgasket should I use?
It currently has a 1.2mm HKS one in there from the previous owner, but I know that a MLS headgasket really needs a machined finish to seal properly. Am running a T04B 50-trim and running 24psi of boost (spiking to 27psi) if that's any help. I'm also using ARP headstuds. Was thinking of getting a stock headgasket, cleaning up the block and head as much as I can and then torquing the headstuds to spec, but would appreciate any opinions from you guys.
It currently has a 1.2mm HKS one in there from the previous owner, but I know that a MLS headgasket really needs a machined finish to seal properly. Am running a T04B 50-trim and running 24psi of boost (spiking to 27psi) if that's any help. I'm also using ARP headstuds. Was thinking of getting a stock headgasket, cleaning up the block and head as much as I can and then torquing the headstuds to spec, but would appreciate any opinions from you guys.