need help badly blew a head gasket
need a internet site of some sort that sells turbo head gaskets.
i got a ls/vtec turbo
ls block
b16 head

go with oem. i(aswell as MANY othre people) do not trust aftermarkets and for good reasons.

www.hondaautomotiveparts.com

and if you don't already, get ARP head studs. that'll help significantly with head lift

what would be an ideal head gasket for a ls/vtec turbo running bout 350 hp just a little question but answer would help alot

also what would be a good head gasket for a ls/vtec turbo runnin bout 350 hp?

I've heard that the OEM GSR head gasket is pretty good for boost since it is metal. IDK if that's true or not.

cometic head gaskets are the best ive used.. and ive used many....

k so i got that now but what size there are so many sizes and i dont know exactly what size my current broken one is and by size i am talking about the mm size?

http://www.highperformanceonline.com/scripts/prodList.asp?idCategory=167 like which one of these sizes?

if you havent bored it out, it should be 81mm

the block is bored to a 2.0

most likely an 84mm bore then.

http://www.tornactive.com/pd_hks.cfm what about these? would these work being 82.5?

no if its an 84mm bore you need to get the 84 mm headgasket, nothing else..

Here...
http://www.tunerschoice.com/xq/aspx/paging.yes/dept_id.193/display_id.89/qx/Product.htm

hey man thanks for the help its really makes things easer.

k one last thing. i am going to change this shit out but i need to know what are the torque levels for a ls/vtec with b16 head

umm depends.... the torque specs change if you are going to use OEM head bolts vs. ARP head studs.

i have the ARP head studs

i have the ARP head studs


If you had ARP's they come with a sheet with torque specs :rolleyes:

Of course, if you somehow didn't get this sheet you could have used some initiative and searched for "arp torque specs" on google, clicked on the first result, and got whatever you need. That's quite hard though, isn't it.

kinda and also i bought the car with the studs so i didnt get the sheets and i have been searchin for a long time to get the right torque specs.

go to www.honda-tech.com and search for arp head stud torque and you'll find what your looking for. when i put em in my D i double checked my specs to those i found on the site. i think yours is going to be somewhere around 70~75ft/lbs,( in 3 stages of course) but don't quote me on that.

ok, i have the studs, the sheet from ARP said NOT to torque them down the the factory spec, but only to 60 ft/lbs.

hm 60 seems a tad low. but not too bad i guess. on my D i torque'd them to 65 in 4 stages. i thought b's were a lil higher but if thats what arp says do that.

BE SURE to do it in the correct inside-out pattern and in 3 stages.

also not really needed but i retorqued them a week later but they were still at 65 like the should be.

ya, the ARP dont really need to be re torqued, but i did anyway, i think a couple ony loosend like 1 ft/lb... and it has something to do with the design of the stud that ARP doesnt recommend over torquing... in fact, when you install the stugs into the block, youre only supposed to hand tighten them, then torque the nuts...

yah i wasn't talking about torqing the stud itself just the nut.

so which gasket are you going with?