I'm trying to go a different route putting my motor back together and I'm decidiing between dowel pins. I have the GE pins and they are a good idea, but you have to open the headgasket to fit them in the block. With the OEM pins you have to drill the head but you don't have to mess with the gasket. What does everyone use or reccommend? I'm thinking my leak might have something to do with this. Also what headgasket is everyone running? I've used GE and OEM B20B and have had the same problem.


Modified by PandaHatch at 1:23 AM 5/30/2004

 

TTT

 

i used a oem b20 headgasket and moved and drilled the dowels. no problems

 

It's just really pissing me off, no matter what I do it leaks. I'm gonna try using the OEM head bolts.

 

you shouldnt really reuse rod bolts. id stick with the GE dowels and an OEM HG

 

Reuse rod bolts...? Huh I don't know where this came in. I have new OEM GSR HEAD bolts.

 

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thought u were talking about the old ones.

 

i just got finished building my b20vtec....moved up from an lsvtec. i used the ge dowels with arp head bolts and the cometic head gasket for a b20 same as oem b20 head gasket but it's 85mm bore....so for you the oem b20 gasket should work great..