ok im having a problem with the orings not getting compressed enough and its causing coolant to pass around the headgasket and leak down the block has anyone ever had this issue ive checked everything all surfaces are flat nothing is holding the head up i checked the dowl pin and manifolds and all and straight edged everything the only thing i can figure it maybe the oring groove isnt cut deep enough.
anyone know how deep they should be? and it is the correct oring wire directly from golden eagle.

 

im going to check my theroy by doing this the normal oring wire size is 18g i got some
20g copper wire this is the next size down and basically im gona put this into the block and see if it crushes correctly if im right in theroy it should work any ideas?

 

what headgasket are you using? cometics and other aftermarket have an extra ring on the bottom side of the gasket which does not work well with o ringed blocks.

 

so your saying you'll have to run a GE headgasket?

 

If you want to try alternate o-ring sizes Parco Inc provides a great o-ring size chart here: http://www.parcoinc.com/guide-o-ring-size-chart.php Hope this helps

 

Oem honda head gasket ftw, I have a GE o-ringed block and high hp on my car with no issues at all. didn't know the aftermarket gaskets have additional sealing features, learn something every day. good luck

 

yes, I'd run a golden eagle gasket if you're over stock bore sizes.

 

GE gaskets are just worked honda gaskets. they open up the dowel holes for ls/vtec conversions, they also have all the sizes for ya, all of wich have also been opened up for any head-block combination.