the other day i was going through my stuff and found a brand new hondata intake gasket. this gasket came with my skunk2 manifold but i never put it on because its thick and i need to buy new intake studs. so i found a set of intake studs for a fair price and now i have a question when im gonna be doing this. when i put in the plastic thick gasket from hondata do i keep the old gasket in with it.(paper one) or do i tare everything off and just put the hondata one in. also i was going to put some gasket maker on around the water jacket and around the intake holes which i thought it was a good idea. does anyone else have some suggestions when doing this? thanks

 

i believe u just use the hondata gasket alone

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Kr4nG &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">the other day i was going through my stuff and found a brand new hondata intake gasket. this gasket came with my skunk2 manifold but i never put it on because its thick and i need to buy new intake studs. so i found a set of intake studs for a fair price and now i have a question when im gonna be doing this. when i put in the plastic thick gasket from hondata do i keep the old gasket in with it.(paper one) or do i tare everything off and just put the hondata one in. also i was going to put some gasket maker on around the water jacket and around the intake holes which i thought it was a good idea. does anyone else have some suggestions when doing this? thanks</TD></TR></TABLE>

you will no longer need the OEM or paper gasket the new hondata is the only gasket you need as for all this talk of gasket maker lol no need for that ok!

also i suggest you read this months issue of honda tuning basically sums up what i always felt about those gaskets!!!

 

can that article be found online?

 

thanks. what did the review say about those gaskets and what do you think about them. i always thought they made good numbers on the dyno.

 

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also i suggest you read this months issue of honda tuning basically sums up what i always felt about those gaskets!!!</TD></TR></TABLE>

could you tell us what the review said? Cheers..

 

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im sure it could if you research either on google or honda tuning magazine website!

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Kr4nG &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">thanks. what did the review say about those gaskets and what do you think about them. i always thought they made good numbers on the dyno.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Personally apart from the fact i would never have to buy an OEM gasket again thats about the only use i see for them on and the pretty color LOL

as for making good numbers ah! look into better engine cooling rather then trying to band aid your IM

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could you tell us what the review said? Cheers..</TD></TR></TABLE>

The review said that when bolting on the gasket they found zero yes zero improvement further more they also found NO drop NO drop ok in IM temperatures

HOWEVER because honda tunning is a sell out like just about everything in this industry they had to say that on other cars they had good results however no figures were talked about or pacific given YOU GET WHAT I MEAN can't upset the hand that feeds you right...?

bottom line here is that the IM is bolted to the head of the engine and so on and on some 2 bit piece of plastic is not going to do anything and the air in the IM is not in the IM long enough to make a difference in temperature further more as i have said already why not look into making your engine more cooling efficient overall wouldn't that be a better idea???

after all heat is what kills performance right?

 

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I've been saying that for years. Honda IAT sensors don't work on boosted motors. All they do is measure heat soak. People post datalogs showing colder IAT temps when in reality all they're measuring is the manifold temp, not the intake air temp.

I still use one though... Paper gaskets can kiss my ***.

 

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I've been saying that for years. Honda IAT sensors don't work on boosted motors. All they do is measure heat soak. People post datalogs showing colder IAT temps when in reality all they're measuring is the manifold temp, not the intake air temp.

I still use one though... Paper gaskets can kiss my ***.</TD></TR></TABLE>

lol thanks i think lol...