Hey guys, just blew the head gasket on my d15b7 after boosting around 8psi for a month. Anyway, I am getting ready to put the head back on and wanted to know what I need to torque it down to. Thanks.

 

43lbs I think, or is it 41lbs. 41lbs sounds good too. What you REALLY need are ARPs because it's just going to stretch those head bolts and blow another one and guess what, they're probably strecthed and shot already, homie.

Okay, I just looked on my Civic Manual PDF file and it's telling me 29lbs first time through then 61lbs which I always thought for stock stuff it was around 41lbs and for ARPs it got as high as 61lbs. Guess I'm wrong, but still seems too high for stock stuff to me.


JP

 

Well i torqued them all to 29 the first time around then 65 ft/lbs the second round. we'll se how it holds this time, I might back the boost down to 7psi but we were talking about a 160k engine with the stock head gasket :1

 

And garbage head bolts

 

i hope you like taking apart motors save yourself some grief and buy arps like everyones telling you!!

 

OK your name says H22A junkie but yet your messing around with the weakest motor HONDA made. Tells me your in need for a new name. I have a H22A and I torqued the ARPS to 90ft.lbs, yes it's over doing it but on 2.5 bar it's needed to prevent the ---- your going though....................