could only find one part number on their webpage. just wondering if they make a few sytles for a 95 b18b?

 

ttt

 

As far ar I know there is just heavy duty and extreme duty. Ive used both, never had problems with either.

 

What exactly is your definition of a "turbo" head gasket. They have a full line of multi layer steel sandwich gaskets that work great on turbo applications. Many thickness and bore sizes available for all B series engines.

 

i guess i ment to say something that will be stronger. how about this one on page 27 for a b18b?

http://www.cometic.com/catalogs/AutoCat04.pdf

 

i prefer to use oem gasket or golden eagle, b/c i used cometic and blew that hg in like 2500 miles. its either a hit or miss on those head gaskets

 

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Not really. 99% of the time its installer error.

 

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Not really. 99% of the time its installer error.</TD></TR></TABLE>or the parts that are being sealed together

 

how can you have user error in installing a headgasekt?

 

oh i get it people to check to see if the block and head are true?

 

Block/Head flatness, surface finish, etc. I think Cometic specifies 50RA or finer finish for their MLS gaskets.

Improperly torquing the head doesn't help either.

 

Cometic has the HP gaskets. Known as High Pressure. They are still an MLS gasket but they have a thicker ring that surrounds the bores in order to provide additional sealing for boosted/n2o applications. We usually try to stock them in various sizes and thickness's, if you cant find one then its usually a 2-3 week wait from Cometic for them to make one.

 

how the hell would it be installer error? i built a spare motor on the side to build and did everything correctly. i torque them down correctly step by step in order.

 

As mentioned before, were the surface flat and freshly decked?

 

the regular headgasket will still be ok right? planning on doing 10psi

 

yeah it will be fine, you could use an OEM and be fine also.

 

Im assuming you will be using ARP headstuds also

 

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How could I verify that? ( no offense ) .

Did you check for surface irregularites?

 

yes i have arp headstuds

 

was the surfaced straight? damn dude you act like i am dumb. i had the block resurfaced when i got it sleeved and had my head resurface when i had my port job done.

 

just make your life simple and go with oem