headgasket thickness
Aug 27, 2010 | 01:42 PM
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From: wimborne
headgasket thickness
i have 98wrx and was just wondering what thickness headgaskets do i need to put in as seeing quite a few different thicknesses
Aug 27, 2010 | 08:21 PM
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IIRC, it's 1.6mm composite gaskets for a 98 UK Turbo/WRX
Aug 27, 2010 | 08:57 PM
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Yeah, I think all MY93-98 variants have 1.6mm HGs.
Aug 27, 2010 | 09:23 PM
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joz8968
...as long as your cylinder head's fire faces, and block decks are completely true
Aug 27, 2010 | 09:27 PM
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...as long as your cylinder head's fire faces, and block decks are completely true
Yes. I'm led to believe the less malleable metal jobs are far less tolerant to 'gaps' and let boost past and fail in short order.
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