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Hi I’m pretty new to Honda’s so bare with me and try not to clown on me please. Haha

i have a 94 civic ex I bought with 99k on it! Yup that’s right only 99k.
ive put some miles on her so currently around 100,330.

just blew the head gasket and my cars at a shop. The mechanic is my co workers family mechanic and owns a shop.

my question is, are there any upgrades I can do while he is doing the head? He said he had to send the head to a machine shop to get resurfaced and he will replace the gasket.

im wondering what upgrades I can do while he is doing this job. Nothing crazy expensive like cams etc. any kind of head swap I can do? Or maybe upgrade the hardware etc? I want a little more power but also reliability.

thanks and thanks to people who actually want to help and not just make fun of this noob haha

 
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I’d just fix it and drive. You could do springs and retainers but you’d need a camshaft in order to get the gains.

D16Z6 has one of the better D-series heads so I wouldn’t swap it unless you physically need to.

 
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That’s what I was thinking. Should I provide the mechanics with certain hardware? What kind of head gasket kit? ARP head studs?

 
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Let them provide the parts. They’ll warranty their stuff, not yours.

 
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head gasket - OEM as much as possible
not sure about D16, but D17 we don't usually change headstuds (they are not designed to stretch)
do a quick search if D16 does need or not?

 
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Just stick with factory/whatever the shop uses