Changing head gasket on my N/A 91 b16. I talked with service at Honda, and they say you dont need to replace them. Whats the consensus around here? I thought you should only change them if your going Turbo or something? All the threads look fine, should I be concerned with them stretching?

Thanks for the opinions / info,

Monty

 

get new ones, they stretch. the people at honda don't know wtf they're talking about.

 

If your using oem Honda headbolts...Yes get new ones.

But say you had ARP head studs...you can reuse them.

 

i've reused mine and they were fine. even shot nos for 2 seasons. i'd say if you got the money, get new ones. if you're tight, reuse your old ones. just don't do it too many times.

 

really simple, reuse the old ones, but retorque them at 500 miles. You should do that with ANY headgasket.

Old V8 stuff, gotta preach what works!

How many people running boostspray check their headbolts at every valve adjustment?

 

you guys have the site for the arp head bolts? i want to check them out.

 

http://www.arp-bolts.com/pages/produ...headstuds.html