hg blown, head warped?
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hg blown, head warped? I just blew my headgasket. I also know some others on this site did too. Did you dudes get the head checked out to see if the head was warped or in anyway damaged? My dad damaged his head on his 86 supra when his hg blew and he said i might have an issue with mine. Most people that ive seen or heard on this site just replace the hg and go. But is the head damaged or did you get it checked?
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Originally Posted by SODJAZERO
I just blew my headgasket. I also know some others on this site did too. Did you dudes get the head checked out to see if the head was warped or in anyway damaged? My dad damaged his head on his 86 supra when his hg blew and he said i might have an issue with mine. Most people that ive seen or heard on this site just replace the hg and go. But is the head damaged or did you get it checked?
Take it from me after a year of boosting. Double stack the headgasket to lower compression and use new headbolts torques down an extra 3-4lbs. I ran 14psi lean and mine held after I got smart about it and doubled up to lower the compression.
The stock headgasket is single layer and pops around 8psi. Use two leakless tripple layer Nippon headgaskets.
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Originally Posted by guns
The stock headgasket is single layer and pops around 8psi. Use two leakless tripple layer Nippon headgaskets.
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new head bolts, get them new everytime u take the head off, and then if u use more than one head gasket its going to require a different torque amount than stock, basically torque it down to stock setting the first time, then the headgaskets are going to matte together and require another torquing
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Originally Posted by Jeff
hey guns what do you mean by this
use new headbolts torques down an extra 3-4lbs?
use new headbolts torques down an extra 3-4lbs?
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I did it three times. But never let it just overheat. As soon as it got a little hot I shut it down. Did it get hot and overboil or did it completely overheat and run dry.
Originally Posted by C2i0v0i1C
new head bolts, get them new everytime u take the head off, and then if u use more than one head gasket its going to require a different torque amount than stock, basically torque it down to stock setting the first time, then the headgaskets are going to matte together and require another torquing
they are reusable.
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