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I have recommended the Kraken due to the significant price difference than ballade, however I do not know the quality of it. The ballade is definitely not a Honda product and I feel sorry for anyone using it. Your days are numbered.
I had the dies made and was ready to produce a gasket with a lifetime guarantee. Then ballade came in on my thread, offering his repackaged 3 cent part for $30. Have fun cleaning up your mess.
If I ever come across one, I will share the contact information, instead of putting my name on it and gouging your money.
While I have no need for one at 134k miles, I would buy one you produce for potential future need.
I'm the author of the video posted earlier. From the comments section it seems that several people have had bad experiences with the BalladeSports gasket, while no one has had a bad issue with the Kraken gasket (yet). It would be great to know if anyone has a substantial amount of miles/years on the Kraken gasket so that we might be able to make a conclusion about the best aftermarket option right now.
Like Ado I'd buy a Billman gasket and put it in my spares for potential future use. That makes two of us, how many do you need (you already have the die?)?
why doesn't someone make it out of silicone? wouldn't that be a better alternative then rubber? it should last then i would think. just a like a silicone anti drain back valve in an oil filter, they dont get hard or deformed like the rubber ones do. this would def be better
It's a shame they don't, I'll report back to the group of my findings from SOS, they do quality work so I'm curious now what their solution is.
I ended up using the Kraken one as I couldn't get an answer from SOS on where this comes from that made sense to me. Although I have them do a lot of work on my car and trust their expertise, I had to make a pass on this item. Would still try it in the future if the Kraken one fails in short order as there are no other players in this market.
I bought one from Ballade sports about a year ago. Its leaking so much that when i hit vtec oil literaly squirts out. When its idling you can se the oil slowly dripping out. I ordered one from kraken now to see if its any better.
I can find these two VTEC gaskets on ebay for $11.50. But there is an o-ring included in the Ballade kit (for $37!) that I can't find anywhere else. Has anyone found that ring? Or does that one not usually need replacing?
12-07-2017, 02:16 PM
