[nicklk]

I bored the cylinders of my block to 81.5mm due to excessive wear on the cylinders, does this mean I HAVE to get a 81.5mm head gasket or can I have the stock head gasket and be safe?? I checked clearances with an old head gasket and they are pretty close??

Thanks
Nick

 

[MichaelDelaney]

you can use a stock headgasket with an 81.5mm bore.

 

[MichaelDelaney]

id go with the bigger one stock might compromise compression, and u could warp ur heads or even blow the gasket.

this is absolutely incorrect. please disregard this info from this noob.

 

[95SilverBullet]

any reasoning on why its ok? Im running 81.5mm but i went with 81.5 mm gasket also.

 

[MichaelDelaney]

the 81.5 mm headgasket is the stock headgasket. the bore of the stock headgasket is much larger than 81.5 mm. You have plenty of clearance. I'm running the same bore and using a stock headgasket. There's nothing warping. This individual has posted 3 times on this site with deliberate incorrect guesses to mislead everyone. He's outa here. We don't need people who deliberately irresponsibly post wrong info to steer you in the wrong direction. We had so many people who were pulling things out of their asses at the other website where I used to mod at that the whole info provided was useless and helped no-one. This also dropped the credibility and reputation of the source of info (i.e. the members posting). We try to keep guessing down to minimum here, if we can.

 

[95SilverBullet]

I wasnt doubting you btw, just didnt know that the stock hg bore size was that of 81.5mm...

 

[MichaelDelaney]

never said you were doubting me. but I did say nwykyankee21 was toast and can continue to misinform his civic buddies on another board but not here. say bye bye to the troll...