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What Thickness To Order??

Old 02-05-2007, 11:24 AM
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i have a jdm d15b with a t3/t4 turbo setup.

about to order my cometic head gasket and wondering if i should go with the .030 bore they offer or if anyone has a suggestion for a better thickness to go with??
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stock head gasket. dont waste your money on the cometic ones
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stock gasket wont hold
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Default Re: What Thickness To Order?? (boostedsingle)

how much boost?

im running 18 lbs on stock oem honda.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by turbociviccoupe &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">how much boost?

im running 18 lbs on stock oem honda.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I ran the same boost as well on my built B16 and stock held, only different thing i had was ARP headstuds.
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stock gasket stock headstuds right now.. so you are saying i should just throw my studs in my motor and a new oem gasket.
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I personally would recomend new headstuds, have a tendency to stretch out since they've been used already. Id get ARP's as you can keep re-using them. But either way, just get a new OEM headgasket.
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