Opinion on headgasket

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aznromeox
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I'm on takakaira and am looking at different manufactures and different headgaskets.

I'm considering getting the Trust GREX 1.0mm 79mm bore. Any thoughts?

Do you have a different expierence w/ another brand or any recommondations.

-Ronald


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I had my RB20 pushing 350whp with a stock HG. How much power are you looking to make? The stock HG does an excellent job.

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Reason why i'm tearing apart the motor was we broke a piece of the head. We were going to transfer all the internals to another head I had lying around but ended up using a compond to hold it together.

if it doesn't show up heres the linkhttp://www.geocities.com/azn_romeox/DSC03186.JPG

We put everything back then compressioned all cylinders. 130 across the board. So I guess that gasket was gone. It was a risk i was willing to take to see if i could try to reuse it but oh well. I just need something inexpensive but reliable. I was thinking Tomei and HKS but you can't beat Trust's price for a metal headgasket

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Did you crack the corner off, where the small 10mm bolt goes. If so I did the same thing to one of my heads. I simply used JB Weld and workd great. So long as the brake isn't into or near for that matter, the combustion section.

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Where is a good place to even find Tomei, HKS, or Trust headgaskets? I'm looking for one for my RB25.

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takakaira.com

you can find may rare stuff over there

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Okay, I'm still undecided. I've looked into Trust's, HKS, and Tomei as my choices of headgaskets.

As for the different manufactures they have them in Bead, Grommet, and stopper type of gaskets. I've read a little bit about all of them and still am not sure of what I want.

I want it to handle a nice amount of boost, while being able to be reusable if it is possible. Probably 1- 1.2mm is going to be my max.

What have you guys ran in the past or have heard good things about. just trying to find something b4 i order it tonight

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End of the day, headgasket from any of the big name Japanese companies is going to be OK>I have charts here fo compression etc with different size pistons, headgasket.. its actaully from Apexi as thats the gaskets we use.If you need a hand getting hold of one, send me an email..

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http://www.greenline.jp/

Just get the cheapest of the big names.


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