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ok i am painting my crx soon and i have to pull the motor out so i am ordering some arp head studs and a new HG to reach my goal of 275-300hp stock bottom end.. i am wondering if i should spend the $111 bux to get an HKS metal gasket or if i should just stick with an OEM gasket.. for those of you who dont know this is for my DOHC ZC...

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MLS with Copper Spray. That'll be the consensus, I feel. ARPs, should clamp whatever you through in there down pretty well.


JP

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From what I've heard, you're better off with the HKS, no one seems to have luck with keeping the D16A1 gasket from blowing when really pushing power.

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really?? i have heard of people having some good luck out of oem ones with arp's

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most head gasket blow outs arent the gaskets fault, its either improper install/build or shitty tuning. OEM metal FTW


find me a thread on that other site that shows a HG blowing for no reason (aside from 50000000000 miles and over heating)

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thats what i was going to do is the oem but i was thinking about the hks one because its so JAYDM but either way..

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save ur money get oem spray with copper spray and seal it with arps and get it tuned prfessionally or it will BLOW AGAIN

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it hasent blown yet but this is more precautionary to reach my power goal

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If the A1 gasket is MLS, or another D series OEM MLS gasket works, use that. Otherwise go with the HKS.

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well i ahve heard all of the OEM ones are mls now.. i judt wonder if its really going to make that big of a diff.. plus i was reading and the hks one bumps compression to 9.9:1 so it may be OEM FTW..

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lol im using a felrpo head gasket on my d at the moment over 400whp

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From what I remember the D16A6 has a composite head gasket which sucks big chunks. Many people have made a TON of power on a stock MLS headgasket and headstuds, so I see no need to go with an aftermarket piece.

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well i guess its oem ftw then... i am goign to go order it tomm or sometime this week and im waiting for craig at TT to get back to me about my studs..

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the d16a1 (and maybe the dohc zc, im not to sure) head gasket is not metal, its graphite. Thast why people say get an hks mls one for about $115.
Thats too much money IMO, and they are getting harder to find, so I plan to get a copper HG made for about $60.

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Is there a web site that has or that is strickly Dohc ZC aftermarket part or just have stock zc parks?, i have searched and searched and cant find nothing

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like i said somwhere else in this thread i can get an HKS metal one for $111 shipped but it raises compression to 9.9:1..

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i believe there was a TSB about those HG for EF's back in the day. my old CRX Si had 245k when i took it apart and i believe its was the original carbon/paper HG

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yuppers all old school d's use a paper hg

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Are DOHC ZC rods stronger than D16A1 rods?

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they are the same.. the say they are good up to about 250hp

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Just a random question. The headgasket box says that the headgasket requires to be put on dry and clean, yet i have seen many people use the copper spray on them. I know the copper spray makes it seal better but does it decrease the life of the gasket in any way? I always use the mls gaskets and copper so i haven't put on an oem in a while.

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At the wheels I hope... That is not bad. I wonder if thats with decent engine management

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250 at the wheels is the absoloute max and dont expect it to last for5 years.. one small margin of error and boom...d rods are about strong as a tooth pick i say on stock dd d-series 200 is high as you need to go to the wheels

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im going to get 275-300whp out of mine.. if it goes it goes oh well when it does go here come the sleeves and the gm-4 ihi i have

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ok i have still been searching around for my HG and the best i can come up is the graphite A1 gasket.. i dont really want to spend like $130 bux for an hks that will bump my compression upto 9.9:1.. would it be worth while to get the graphite one with some copper spray?? or if anyone feels like it make me a copper one??

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I just put arp studs and an oem acura gasket and I'm crossing my fingers... Then again I'm not looking for more than about 200whp. Let me know what you decide on

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im probably going to end up dropping the coin on the HKS gasket for that extra added benifit

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well i caved and bought the HKS today from HPF for $130 shipped.. :'( and it was the last one they had in stock so if any of you guys were thinking of getting one for you dohc zc good luck they wont have another one for 3-4 weeks and its already reserved for me as well..