Are the inline head gasket worth it ?
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From: BOWIE
I have the inline 3mm and i run 18-19 psi all the time i have nevr turned turned it down...yes you do have to pull the pin out of the cam gear and turn it a tad.....I have made 517 rwhp on the 3mm and have had nothing wrong with it..the kit is worth the $$$ and will blow the UR kit away...inface if any body wants a inline kit... I have one for sale. for $3,000 if anyone has any ???'s about the inline kit feel free to give me a call 240-417-8897 JAY
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From: MIAMI
Originally Posted by JDMKID35' date='Feb 22 2005, 06:50 AM
I have the inline 3mm and i run 18-19 psi all the time i have nevr turned turned it down...yes you do have to pull the pin out of the cam gear and turn it a tad.....I have made 517 rwhp on the 3mm and have had nothing wrong with it..the kit is worth the $$$ and will blow the UR kit away...inface if any body wants a inline kit... I have one for sale. for $3,000 if anyone has any ???'s about the inline kit feel free to give me a call 240-417-8897 JAY
Hey jay i will buy the exhaust off of you!
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From: MIAMI
The head gasket is worth it.I am actaully looking to go up to 16 psi soon but still debating though.some ppl dont recommend to run anything past 14 psi on pump gas but I am still doing home work on it.We'll see what happens
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Originally Posted by JDMKID35' date='Feb 22 2005, 05:50 AM
I have the inline 3mm and i run 18-19 psi all the time i have nevr turned turned it down...yes you do have to pull the pin out of the cam gear and turn it a tad.....I have made 517 rwhp on the 3mm and have had nothing wrong with it..the kit is worth the $$$ and will blow the UR kit away...inface if any body wants a inline kit... I have one for sale. for $3,000 if anyone has any ???'s about the inline kit feel free to give me a call 240-417-8897 JAY
If it worked so well for you without any problems why would you want to sell it to end up spending tons of money to rebuild your motor?
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My post in another thread in this section:
There's really nothing wrong with the UR kit. JDMKID was running a lot more stuff than what's included with the standard inlinepro kit. I can assure you you dont get 1000cc injectors or an AEM EMS with the inlinepro kit...which are essential to make the power he did. Kinda like apples to oranges.
Why does everyone insist on getting a 3mm headgasket only? You lose power the more compression you drop as well as response, off boost torque, etc...not to mention getting a different thickness from cometic is about $200 less than the 3mm. Most people will never have to drop it to 9:1 for the power they're looking for with a standalone. A CR of 10:1 is more than enough for the power 91-93 octane will be able to allow and still be drivable in this car. Going with lets say a 2mm gasket from cometic, lovefab kit, great tunning, you can make 400whp on a dynojet no problem. With 400whp on this car, it just spins gears 1-4 anyways.
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Originally Posted by timg,Feb 27 2005, 05:28 PM
I'm going to be running a 2mm from Cometic in just a few weeks. It was $100 and there's not need to adjust your cam timing. We'll see how well it works. It's actually installed right now (thanks Tobi). I'm hoping that with 10:1 I'll still spool VERY quickly and will be able to run 12-15 psi daily on pump gas.Tim
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Originally Posted by hboy7777,Feb 19 2005, 09:36 PM
i would say its worth it. the compression is the only thing holding this engine back from being turbo friendly. after that the rods will be the next weak link as far as the engine goes.
One thing you guys dont realize is this is an open deck motor. For those who dont understand let me show you:
As you can see on this stock short block there is an opening around the cylinder walls. This is an open deck setup. This was designed for N/A motors, not FI. If you were to tear apart an FI motor from the factory you will see that it is a closed deck setup. The main reason for a closed deck setup is to prevent your pistons from "shaking" so-to-say while under boost. When you start running alot of boost on the open deck setups, regardless if its running fine right now, your potentially going to cause damage in the long term.
Of course everyone has there own opinions, but I figured this might be relavent to this dicussion.
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Originally Posted by thumpeyr,Mar 1 2005, 06:12 PM
One thing you guys dont realize is this is an open deck motor. For those who dont understand let me show you:
As you can see on this stock short block there is an opening around the cylinder walls. This is an open deck setup. This was designed for N/A motors, not FI. If you were to tear apart an FI motor from the factory you will see that it is a closed deck setup. The main reason for a closed deck setup is to prevent your pistons from "shaking" so-to-say while under boost. When you start running alot of boost on the open deck setups, regardless if its running fine right now, your potentially going to cause damage in the long term.
Of course everyone has there own opinions, but I figured this might be relavent to this dicussion.