doubling up head gaskets....your opinion...or experiances
11-17-2004, 12:12 AM
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doubling up head gaskets....your opinion...or experiances
so my 3 cylinder honda is starting to annoy me, thinkin i should fix it. so monday i will be tearing it apart, agian, to replace the piston. gonna have to buy another headgasket, or ---- it and not, but if i buy another one why the ---- dont i just slap it on top of the other one? that way it will lower my compression and maybe this wont happen again...for a while 
the headgaskets are MLS (multi-layer steel) gaskets, not composite type. now with composite gaskets i can see why i shouldnt, but with MLS they are already muliti-layer (duh) so why the ---- shouldnt i do it?
you thoughts, or experiance?
the headgaskets are MLS (multi-layer steel) gaskets, not composite type. now with composite gaskets i can see why i shouldnt, but with MLS they are already muliti-layer (duh) so why the ---- shouldnt i do it?
you thoughts, or experiance?
11-17-2004, 12:19 AM
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Re:doubling up head gaskets....your opinion...or experiances
sounds like a ton of agrivation when you fire it up and it leaks like swiss cheese.. umm if your so concerned about it blowing...lower the boost??/
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11-17-2004, 12:44 AM
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Re:doubling up head gaskets....your opinion...or experiances
Originally Posted by hotrex
sounds like a ton of agrivation when you fire it up and it leaks like swiss cheese.. umm if your so concerned about it blowing...lower the boost??/
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want to lower the compression so i can run more boost, safely...its my only car that drives at the moment (and doesnt do that every well)... figure that it would lower my compression from ~9.5:1 to ~8.9:1....
also planning on doing this to my VW GTI. infact thats what they tell people to do to make 200hp+ to the wheels...
11-17-2004, 12:55 AM
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Re:doubling up head gaskets....your opinion...or experiances
I wouldn’t stack them, a friend tried on a LS and it didn’t work 
. Why not just buy a Cometic Head gasket? Dose you motor burn oil? that would help it blow up all the time 
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. Why not just buy a Cometic Head gasket? Dose you motor burn oil? that would help it blow up all the time . steve
11-17-2004, 01:31 AM
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Re:doubling up head gaskets....your opinion...or experiances
who said anythign about 9:1?
isnt the cometic gasket the copper one? i always hear problems about them leaking and ----.
im sure it burns oil with a 90psi of compression on #1...the turbo also leaks oil out the exhaust side...
isnt the cometic gasket the copper one? i always hear problems about them leaking and ----.
im sure it burns oil with a 90psi of compression on #1...the turbo also leaks oil out the exhaust side...
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11-17-2004, 02:11 AM
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Re:doubling up head gaskets....your opinion...or experiances
Originally Posted by turbohf
well then it would be basicly a stacked stock headgasket then wouldnt it??
. Just call Cometic and ask them your questions :P.
11-17-2004, 04:46 AM
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Re:doubling up head gaskets....your opinion...or experiances
Stacking multi layer steel head gaskets is frequently done with Peugeot engines. Works like a charm. I'm running a 2.0 16v engine with two headgaskets and a homemade spacer plate, no problems at all. Also have a 1.6 16v engine with two headgasktes (no spacer plate), haven't completed that setup yet, but i'm sure it will work fine.
Just go for it.. I mean.. DO it... DO it
Just go for it.. I mean.. DO it... DO it
