Just like to say **** you to this gasket install.
Im sure the gasket is great...but the installation of it sucks on gsrs.
I am about to buy a skunk2 IM just so this is easier.
Its soo ******* hard to get to the nuts under the IM on the gsr, its ******* big and bulky. Not only that..but after I was done, and filled up my rad...getting ready to flush it, water poored out that area of the gasket

 

Did you buy the street or race gasket?

The bolts are easier to access from under the car.

 

Yea...I waited until I did my Skunk2 IM install to do that garbage...and it still sucks.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by .RJ &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Did you buy the street or race gasket?

The bolts are easier to access from under the car.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Only comes street now from what i know of. But ya, I got the street.

 

Alright guys..i was putting the washers on too, but ya know what? When they are torqued down, they flatten to **** They suck!

 

why are you bitching again?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by deepgreengsr &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">why are you bitching again?</TD></TR></TABLE>
Your stupid.
In english terms for people that cant read through the ranting...Dont use the hondata IM gasket washers, they cause more trouble then they are worth.

Understand now mr. simple mind?

You dont help people at all.
Take a look at this thread.
https://honda-tech.com/zero...30009
You answerd "ya use a deep socket"

If you dont know what your talking about, DONT HELP!. That part has no area where a "deep socket" would grip.

 

from the looks at my skunk2 manifold on my gsr head, if i were to get a hondata gasket it looks like i woul dhave to extend the studs off the head.
what is the thickness of the gasket?

 

I just put my Hondata IM gaket on last week by my self. It's NOT HARD. The hardest part is removing the old gasket, which took me 1 1/2 hours to scraped it off. Also, my Hondata gasket did not come with washers.

Step 1 Open the drain under the radiator, drain it all

step 2 Remove strut tower bar, and intake
Step 3 Diconnect all sensors
Step 4 Remove all the IM bolt/nuts- Make sure you have various sized extentions to reach the underside of the IM.
step 5 Remove IM, Install GAsket, Put it all back together and torque it down, then retorque after driving it for a while.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by seanb18c1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I just put my Hondata IM gaket on last week by my self. It's NOT HARD. The hardest part is removing the old gasket, which took me 1 1/2 hours to scraped it off. Also, my Hondata gasket did not come with washers.

Step 1 Open the drain under the radiator, drain it all

step 2 Remove strut tower bar, and intake
Step 3 Diconnect all sensors
Step 4 Remove all the IM bolt/nuts- Make sure you have various sized extentions to reach the underside of the IM.
step 5 Remove IM, Install GAsket, Put it all back together and torque it down, then retorque after driving it for a while.</TD></TR></TABLE>

haha yeah right, easy as 12345

takes a lil more effort than that.

the mod is only worht if it if you already have to take off your IM

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Bob-DC2 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

haha yeah right, easy as 12345

takes a lil more effort than that.

the mod is only worht if it if you already have to take off your IM</TD></TR></TABLE>

I realized that now, lol.

 

i just put one on my 98 LS and it was tough but i killed 2 birds with one stone because i took the intake mainfold off and put in energy suspenion motor mount inserts in the one that is right below it and i put on the alt. pulley from Unorthodox Racing. It was tough but it wasn't that bad. maybe gsr's have more **** in the way. the washers they gave me where just fine... tightened them down and had no prob. great mod for the money though!!! gotta love cheap mods!!

 

taking off the old gasket was a bitch to!!! i used a little wire wheel. just make sure you plug up the holes with rags so no **** goes inside

metal and paper inside engine

 

Yeap... Taking off that stock IM is a BIATCH!

 

i really didnt find it that hard either. of course i swapped my im gasket cuz the stock one was cracked and i had a vacuum leak causing a rough idle. but yes, the toughest part as seanb18c1 said was scraping the stock one off. that took the longest. the uninstall and reinstall of the IM wasnt as easy as swapping an exhaust, but it was very straightforward.

 

any one know why they don't give you the washers any more?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by rolow &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">any one know why they don't give you the washers any more?</TD></TR></TABLE>
Prolly cause they SUCK!
They meaning the washers...not hondata, lol

 

The washers are supposed to cut down on heat soak in the studs and bolts, but they do nothing more than cause you to have to re&re your intake studs.

 

What are the pluses of doing this? My manifold kind of whistles....

Maybe the gasket is messed up. The last owner already f'd up my secondaries so who knows what else is missing.

 

you sure thats not your whistle tip exhaust?

check for vacuum leaks. if the stock gasket is cracked you'll end up having worse problems than whistling. you'l have a bouncy idle that sounds straight up nasty, and you'll throw an IACV CEL code.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by White Lightnin &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">What are the pluses of doing this? My manifold kind of whistles....

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Ok then my gasket is fine. All lines are hooked up, but evertime I work in that area I get nervous. Things I have found thus far...

-Only one bolt holding on the throttle bracket. (If this bolt wasnt tight my whole throttle could have been messed up)

-Only 2 bolts holding down distributor

-Bracket for secondaries messed up. Two of the tapped holes into the manifold are broken.

Hopefully I will have something to replace it in the fall though.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by White Lightnin &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">-Only one bolt holding on the throttle bracket. (If this bolt wasnt tight my whole throttle could have been messed up)

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Thats nothing, after putting this crap back together, I went out test driving. Came around my street corner, and the gas pedal fell to the floor, lol. Parked it, checked it...bolt for the cable wasent tight, it fell off, hahah. no harm tho

 

use acetone to take the old one off just make sure u dont get it on ur hands