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I knew that running boost would have negative effects but they caught up w/ me faster than I expected. Ive been running 10-11 psi on the street for the last 6 months and 13 psi when racing. For a while I've smelled coolant after I drive tha car hard but couldnt find a leek, nor did I see any coolant in the oil or exhaust.

More recently I've noticed that my temperature gauge is eratic. It will rise and fall durring normal driving, and always begins to rise when idling after a run. So what does this mean? Unfortunetly theese are all early signs of headgasket failure.

No big deal though I was getting ready to send the head to DH racing anyways,I just need to find out where to get a thicker headgasket from.

Oh and before someone blames this on my choice of turbokits most of you know that Catalyst had a similar problem.

 
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you were running 13lbs with the turbo discounter manifold?

 
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too much boost ownz joo !!!!!

 
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who cares about the mani.......he's lucky his head gasket went b4 his pistons did........hope that u get everything fixed

 
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Im not worried about it, theres no damage to the head so its realy not a big deal. This is the price I expected to pay for running the hell out of the car.

 
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heh that sucks ...

btw where did u get that shift plate???

 
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he made it. by the way riceburner, i saw your car in the turbo magazine. did you attend nopi?

 
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yep, thats what you get for wanting too much from so little, jk... dam 13 pounds... blah

 
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head gasket. Mine did that because of a stupid mistake on my part.

Look at your coolant overflow tank. It is probably squirting out of there.

 
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oh yea. Before you get a thicker gasket, buy a cam gear.

By putting a thicker head gasket on there, it raises up the head. This stretches the timing belt slightly and throws off its marks. By raising the head it advances timing (fuel timing, ignition timing). That is dangerous.

 
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You know, I am a big baby and would not have the guts to run my Civic @ 13psi- I am cautious and stay @ 8 to 9psi- props to you for running your car as it should be run!

 
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so what did you run at the track with 13 psi?

 
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That sux. Check with hondata, see if they have one. 13 psi. Damn. No detionation?

 
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that WILL happen under stress like that.. can also be due to detonation from not enough fuel when you get high in boost, and the gasket formed a small crack.... if you boost 13psi with the ported head you really should build the bottom end, thats LOTS of power... you will need more than a head gasket imo.... but im gonna run stock honda gasket "specially" torqued down with a block gaurd, and run 9psi still with ported head, so its all good

 
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i used two stock headgaskets, just make sure u keep a check on the torque of the head, bc over time the gaskets will squish together and cause over heating, mine did, just had to retorque

 
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ive hit 13 psi, its unreal, but nothing compared to 42psi(not on my car)

 
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Yeah I went to nopi. I knew my car was in Super street but I didnt know about turbo magazine, thanks. Hey what issue January?

BTW: thanks for the advice Catalyst, Ill buy a cam gear before I get the head put back on. One more thing, where did you get your head gasket from?