HEAD GASKET Question??
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Open4Cycle
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Even though you never answered my question about the rockers. Here is a place to get a COPPER head gasket .030" and up.http://www.flatlanderracing.com/
You can find ARP head studs, I think there is a link to the ad on the homepage of the forums. I strongly suggest NOT doing a metal head gasket, the stock one has held up fine even under consistent boost for alot of people. I put a MHG in my MKIII and because the block deck specs were just slightly off it didn't seal correctly the first time it saw boost and caused me to flush near a grand down the drain.
^^ thats SUCH a common problem for people running metal HG's.
i suggest stock... i guess felpro is making gaskets for the ka's, so that'd work too.. i definately wouldnt get some random halfassed offbrand tho.
as for headstuds.. they do NOTHING for performance. they're cool because you can reuse them over and over.. so if you're pulling the head all the time, it saves alot of time and money. if you dont plan on tearing the head off all the time.. use OEM.
i suggest stock... i guess felpro is making gaskets for the ka's, so that'd work too.. i definately wouldnt get some random halfassed offbrand tho.
as for headstuds.. they do NOTHING for performance. they're cool because you can reuse them over and over.. so if you're pulling the head all the time, it saves alot of time and money. if you dont plan on tearing the head off all the time.. use OEM.
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Open4Cycle
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Lathed together? What the hell does that mean? I'm a machinist and don't understand tight tolerance talk!? It is true that some people have trouble using copper head gaskets but provided both sealing surfaces are flat and you prep the HEAD GASKET properly then everything will be fine. Nice thing about a copper head gasket is that it can also be reusable. Oh by the way head studs do increase performance by decreasing cylinder distortion.
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Open4Cycle
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Head studs and copper head gaskets both work for me. If you have actually used them did you ever stop and think that you could have done something improper?If head studs are installed and tightened during the honing process then the cylinder will be closer to round than using head bolts. Studs can also be accurately tightened by measuring the stretch where as the KA and most other head bolts can't be measured because they are being screwed into a blind hole.
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C-Kwik
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Open4cycle: Tom said lather to a tighter tolerance. Not together.
Tom: Cylinders distort when you torque down the heads. I can see how tightenting the head studs might help reduce the amount of distortion. But using a torque plate when honing will make a bigger difference since even head studs will be pulling up into the head. Keep in mind, the distortion for all of these is very minor. But it's the difference between great, better and best.
Tom: Cylinders distort when you torque down the heads. I can see how tightenting the head studs might help reduce the amount of distortion. But using a torque plate when honing will make a bigger difference since even head studs will be pulling up into the head. Keep in mind, the distortion for all of these is very minor. But it's the difference between great, better and best.
I know that you guys are talking about head gaskets, but i thought i would mention that sumitt is sell the copper mr exhaust manifold gaskets again. They are 19.95. I have them on my turbo kit and have reused them twice so far with no leaks. i was building a high comp ening for a motorcycle a couple of years ago. we had machined the head for the highest compression we could use. The gasket wouldnt seal properly and $800 worth of head work went down the drain.