sad day for the lx-t in okc, blown head gasket
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sad day for the lx-t in okc, blown head gasket Ok, for the last few days my car has been overheating while at idle. I went to riceburnrEx`s house today to do a compression test, and found out that my hg is blown. 1) 185 2) 185 3) 160 
4)185. So im in the market for a new head gasket. Just wanted to share my experience, if you have turbo civic and you havent blown the hg, it would be a good idea to get a new one any way, just my 0.03 cents.
4)185. So im in the market for a new head gasket. Just wanted to share my experience, if you have turbo civic and you havent blown the hg, it would be a good idea to get a new one any way, just my 0.03 cents. 
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Originally Posted by civic01vtec
how much boost u running and how long u been boosted ?
since febuary, i instaled it valentines day, my gyrl didnt like that too much
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Ok, for the last few days my car has been overheating while at idle. I went to riceburnrEx`s house today to do a compression test, and found out that my hg is blown. 1) 185 2) 185 3) 160 4)185. So im in the market for a new head gasket. Just wanted to share my experience, if you have turbo civic and you havent blown the hg, it would be a good idea to get a new one any way, just my 0.03 cents.
4)185. So im in the market for a new head gasket. Just wanted to share my experience, if you have turbo civic and you havent blown the hg, it would be a good idea to get a new one any way, just my 0.03 cents.
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Originally Posted by someguy
ooohhh....do you mind if i ask what kind of numbers your running. also on what level of boost. you could pm me if you want....i wont post up the numbers if you dont want them public. its just i have an lx and want to see what kind of numbers these things put down boosted.
Just these last few months ive cranked up the boost from 4 to 6psi. At 4 psi i put down 155whp. So for the last, ide say 2 months i have been running 6 lbs. I have not gotten it dyno tuned at 6psi yet...(because of the **** that just happened) Ive heard that the 01-02 civics have a paper hg, the 03 and up have the aluminum rubber nippon gaskets. So with proper tuning i think they would stand less of a chance blowing the hg.
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Originally Posted by opto_isolator
How do you know its the HG and not the ringlands?
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Rep Power: 312 Right now i am running a stock honda head gasket that i purchased after SCE gave me one of their .088" vulcanized head gasket that didnt fit (was made for a 00, figured i would give it a try). I run my head bolts at about 60 ft/lbs. And through all the testing we have done, and the 5.5-7 psi daily driving and 13+ psi racing (and one dyno at 16+ psi), i havent blown it yet.
Dave hickman claims to have gone 9's on the stock head gasket in his yellow race car.
Dave hickman claims to have gone 9's on the stock head gasket in his yellow race car.
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Rep Power: 0 The one I pulled out of my spare motor and according to Honda's part description was an organic paper combination gasket, which has since been replaced by the Nippon leakless. If you had an 01 or some 02's you might have the paper gasket, any after 02 or any you can buy at a dealership will be the nippon leakless.
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Originally Posted by SODJAZERO
^^^ Yah that wasnt concrete info tho. Thats just what i heard. Ill find out for sure sunday hopefully.
crazy smoke=rings
or I could be wrong
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Rep Power: 0 Thats just the thing:
the car only over heats at idle
No smoke or coolant drainage from the exhaust
No oil mixing in the coolant
The only way we knew for sure was the compression check. And the smell of coolant when we pulled spark plug number 3.
the car only over heats at idle
No smoke or coolant drainage from the exhaust
No oil mixing in the coolant
The only way we knew for sure was the compression check. And the smell of coolant when we pulled spark plug number 3.
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