Lower Compression Head Gasket
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I would agree on the tuning part but you need to ask yourself what you are wanting high Hp or just a little more power. If you want alot of power I wouldn't use the decompression plate, but thats just me.
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hum.....I just might have to try this out. it would end up being about 1/2 the cost of a decomp plate. and with this one there's only one gasket you could blow. lmao.gif
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its really not a ghetto fix though. if your not going to going with insanly high boost, or high high hp numbers, then this would be great, and give you the extra assurance of safety.
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I would agree on the tuning part but you need to ask yourself what you are wanting high Hp or just a little more power. If you want alot of power I wouldn't use the decompression plate, but thats just me.
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then, as usual... you'll still need to install 2 oem head gaskets sandwiching this thicker one
you sure??
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SCE Pro Copper head gaskets are CNC-fabricated, and then annealed for outstanding malleability. SCE Pro Copper head gaskets are rated 10 Rockwell F scale points softer than other gaskets for an accurate seal, and have a tensile strength of 32,000 psi to handle high-horsepower applications. SCE even claims that you can reuse a set of SCE Pro Copper head gaskets up to five times after cleaning them with a common solvent.
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it's a copper head gasket,
it should be used alone,no other gasket are required
BUT, you need to use some kind of sealer on it or you might get some coolant leaks
(some newer copper gacket has silicone o'rings imbedded in them so no sealer required)
btw, it's also a good idea to o'ring the head when using those
it should be used alone,no other gasket are required
BUT, you need to use some kind of sealer on it or you might get some coolant leaks
(some newer copper gacket has silicone o'rings imbedded in them so no sealer required)
btw, it's also a good idea to o'ring the head when using those
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ahh, so this doesn't need the two gaskets to sandwhich this in.. hmmm.
i know our compression is pretty boost friendly, but this would make it even friendlier, which would be nice, and give some more reassurance from BOOM. for example, i am going to tune my car for daily 14psi on stock internals, which has been proven. and with a smaller compression ratio, i would probably boost something around 17-18psi. not much of a difference in psi, but enough to get a power increase reliably without testing the limits of using the decompression gasket.
i would definately be 'o-ringing' the head at this time. better seal than RTV or alike, alone.
with the shark racing/kspec gasket thickness of 3mm + stock 2 gaskets of .76mm(.03") you would have 4.52mm gasket in theory, which lowers compression from 10.3:1-8.5:1
with this gasket you would have 2.36mm in gasket thickness which is roughly half of the decompression you would get from the other plate/gasket combo. so i would say a rough estimate of what this would bring the compression down to would go from 10.3:1- ~9.5:1
that was using a rough estimate using simple math, not taking into fact any real numbers,lol.
i know our compression is pretty boost friendly, but this would make it even friendlier, which would be nice, and give some more reassurance from BOOM. for example, i am going to tune my car for daily 14psi on stock internals, which has been proven. and with a smaller compression ratio, i would probably boost something around 17-18psi. not much of a difference in psi, but enough to get a power increase reliably without testing the limits of using the decompression gasket.
i would definately be 'o-ringing' the head at this time. better seal than RTV or alike, alone.
with the shark racing/kspec gasket thickness of 3mm + stock 2 gaskets of .76mm(.03") you would have 4.52mm gasket in theory, which lowers compression from 10.3:1-8.5:1
with this gasket you would have 2.36mm in gasket thickness which is roughly half of the decompression you would get from the other plate/gasket combo. so i would say a rough estimate of what this would bring the compression down to would go from 10.3:1- ~9.5:1
that was using a rough estimate using simple math, not taking into fact any real numbers,lol.