..anyone install the HonData heatshield gasket? ...does it work? ..is it worth it?

 

it helps prevent heatsoak... if you live in a very high climate i say get it for 60 bucks.... if you track the car a lot.. then i say you get it....

 

I have one sitting in my trunk that I havent got around to installing it yet. Ive had it for over a year lol. I hear its a bitch to install.

 

It's worth it to prevent a hotter engine. Not a bad way to spend $60. But be forewarned, that if you have the spoon/mugen thermo stat and all the other goodies, your engine temp will only go as high as 2 bars on the dash. Installation is a pain in the butt.


Modified by direct_port_S2000 at 9:22 PM 2/25/2005

 

I hear the Spoon thermo alone will not allow the car to reach 3 bars in colder climates.

I have one of those sitting in my house somewhere to lol.

 

hahaha. install the stuff jackson hehehehe....

 

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What other goodies are you talking about the thermostat, fan switch, and what else ?

 

probably a radiator cap.... and hondata intake manifold gasket

 

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Oops forgot about the cap !

 

...SO THEN, OTHER THAN IT BEING A BITCH TO INSTALL...IT IS WORTH IT?

 

yes, it was answered in the first response on here

 

To bad the part is cheaper than the install

 

I have one chillen in the trunk also along with a few other things. Need to get off my lazy *** and throw that bitch on or actually find some free time..

 

it's not that hard.. it's just a pain in the *** to take the intake maifold off to swap the gaskets...

 

what seems to the biggest PITA part?

 

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each time i see Jackson he has a new thing for the car in the trunk that he hasn't installed yet

 

the biggest pain in the *** part is getting to those bolts on the bottom of the intake manifold... sheesh, make sure you have the right tools. The first time I took mine off, I didnt and I ended up using like a 2 foot extension on my rachet lol. Good luck, its not that hard.

 

so does it really help to stop heatsoak? does it cool off the im alot?

i heard from a bseries friend they suck and arent worth it....

 

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your friends of course have actual data to support there oppinions right ?

If anything there reusable so if your prone to do motor work it's nice. I've used a couple and there's no seat of the pants kick but it's a sound concept and the k sries have shown gains as they use a metal im gasket

 

get better radiator, cheap and works best against heat soak.

 

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thats actually false, I have them in my racecar and my street car, both of whihc are b-series, speaking of ... I have in on this setup:
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1141433

I do have one for my S2K sitting on it for over a year cause I'm also too lazy to install, but I'll get around to it.

Bottom line is it does help.

Greg

 

i have one on my SC teg..

 

had it on my del sol ls/vtec setup.
i actually had a hondata datalogging system on it, so i can actually prove with datalogs that it is better. During long trips the intake air temps were on average 7-8 degrees cooler. for drag racing and such it didn't help much because the car was just sitting after being run hard and air wasn't cycling, so the IM was heat soaked but at cruising speeds and for track use... thumb up!

 

Add another to the group of folks who have the Hondata gasket but haven't installed it yet.

 

I have one But Can no longer Put it in for other reasons.. It is very impressive peice i have seen them installed in person. Get one if you have a chance.
I also have a Koyo Radiator Mugen Thermostat and Thermoswithch.