Turbocivic94

I was wondering if many people O-ring their aftermarket sleeved blocks with oem head gasket?


Modified by Turbocivic94 at 12:34 PM 4/24/2005

Turbocivic94

How important is it to O-ring your motor for High HP application?

RACEPAK

wtf are you talkin about?

jeffchaisi

O ring the block and head to be able to use copper head gasket :-) i think that's what he's talking about.

mrDFWmechanic

i'm still lost ?? i know what an O-ring is but i dont know what to O-ring a motor means.

kabaroo

O ring the sleeves, i believe thats what he means.

vaporboy12

aebs sleeves no o-ring no headgasket problems

jdmvtec28

I'll take pictures of my motor on Monday so people can get an idea of what O ringing the cylinder sleeves entails. Supposedly it is a better seal than just conventional sleeves to headgasket.

Full-Race Geoff

no orings, no gasket probs for me

Turbocivic94

Sorry, I meant to say o ring the sleeves. I wanted to know how many people o ring their aftermarket sleeves.

jdmvtec28

My 84mm block has it's sleeves O-ringed... more so I can sleep better at night than out of necessity.

0BoostedJeff

AEBS sleeves, o-ringed block with the receiving groove in the head. OEM honda HG

adictionbass

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Pics? Hows that setup coming along?

mrDFWmechanic

yes please post a picture to show what you mean, cause i'm still lost

V-SPEC 1

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here's some pics of Golden Eagle sleeve that I put O-ring over the sleeve.






And here's the finished product. I'm sorry, no sleeve w/ O-ring shown



Modified by V-SPEC 1 at 12:11 AM 4/25/2005

stealthmode62

Someone once told me not to O-ring the block because if something is going to bust, you want it to be the headgasket. lol. (Funk dat)

Looks good.

BTW: What color is that on the block? It's clean.

mrDFWmechanic

i've seen that then on 4G63 motors after they've been built. so doing that o-ring on the sleeves is just another form of insurance to stop stuff from leaking ?

stealthmode62

It helps seal the headgasket.

Garcia-Racing

Step deck

mrDFWmechanic

okay cool thanks everybody for explaining this to me

V-SPEC 1

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Looks good.

BTW: What color is that on the block? It's clean. </TD></TR></TABLE>flat aluminum.

ildknyli

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Redwidow

I have mine o-ring GE sleeves, just use copper wire and stock HG. my block good for 1000 hp

Was told not to use Copper wire with a copper HG, so use..

Copper wire(18gage)/Stock HG
SS wire/ Copper HG

TheShodan

iTrader: (14)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Turbocivic94 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I was wondering if many people O-ring their aftermarket sleeved blocks with oem head gasket?


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Oh yeah. I had mine honed, o-ringed, and use a standard OEM Honda Headgasket. Works well. 362whp @13.6psi daily..

Turbocivic94

Cool, Thanks for replys

Some people say to O-ring the sleeves and some people say its not worth it.

Has anybody had headgasket problem before they getting O-rings?
and now no problems