I have to replace my headgasket anyway so I'm wondering what you guys recomend. Will the OEM composite type gasket hold 8 PSI? I am thinking about the HKS metal head gasket but I'm worried about it not sealing if my head isn't perfectly flat. What about head bolts? Should I replace them with new ones, or does 8 psi warrant head studs?

My setup is a 14b running stock wastegate actuator, on a brown top ZC.

 

im running a zc with the greddy kit and a oem integra gasket with arp studs. no problems for a month now. :crossing fingers:

 

I used a Cometic ZC gasket and cylinder #3 starting ingesting water after about 3000 miles. A friend of mine has had similar trouble with two Cometic ZC gaskets.

I switched to OEM (89 Integra) and my car's been doing great.

BTW-I had ARP studs along with the Cometic gasket. It still leaked.

Sonny

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Sonny &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
I used a Cometic ZC gasket and cylinder #3 starting ingesting water after about 3000 miles. A friend of mine has had similar trouble with two Cometic ZC gaskets.

I switched to OEM (89 Integra) and my car's been doing great.

BTW-I had ARP studs along with the Cometic gasket. It still leaked.

Sonny</TD></TR></TABLE>

thats what happens when you use non embosed gaskets.

 

same **** here,I blew a cometic in 3 runs down the track.Cometic stopped making a gasket for the zc(d16a1).I am using an oem gasket now and I am hoping it can hold.Hey sonny what arp stud kit did you use.I used one from a vw 1.8,but I did not like how they couldn't be ran all the way in or they wouldn't reach through the head,so far so good

 

I run a HKS metal ZC headgasket in my ZC motor. Also ARP's to hold it all together.

liam