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Old 05-04-2008, 05:26 PM
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Default Head gasket thickness for boosted ls/vtec

After searching around I was wondering what is the best type of head gasket and thickness for this kind of setup. I have heard good things about cometic but also about oem Honda. The motor is 81.5mm bore So I was going to go with the 81.5 mm cometic gasket but then i saw that it comes in diff. thicknesses. What is better .30 or .51 if anyone has any experience with this please help me out and also feel free to add what HG you are running.

Setup.

B18a1 block

Block bored 81.5 mm

GSR head

Wiseco or JE 9.0:1 pistons

93 octane 15 psi
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OEM , contact goldeneagle the'll bore it out to 81.5 for ya.. im also in the process of a ls/vtec-T build .. what turbo are u going with?
Old 05-05-2008, 07:59 AM
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Im going with a Turbonetics T3/T4E I picked up a Cast Drag manifold downpipe wastegate turbo and dumptube for $250
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So are you saying buy an OEM Honda gasket and send it to them or do they actually have them in stock and ready to ship. What turbo are you going to be running
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ys1civicsi &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">So are you saying buy an OEM Honda gasket and send it to them or do they actually have them in stock and ready to ship. What turbo are you going to be running</TD></TR></TABLE>

they have them instock. i know TOM@lightning motorsports has em, i have ordered like 20 of them for mine and customers cars.

stock oem gasket is an MLS gasket and works great, do not buy a cometic gasket please!!!
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Stock with arp headstuds worked great for me!!! with 9:1pistons you are already low enough, no needfor a thicker gasket to go lower....
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