ANYONE O-RING THEIR HEADS?

haulbalz

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right now i'm in the process of getting my heads o-ringed.. anyone done this? also, who all is unning o-ringed heads? do they keep from blowing head gaskets better than stock. the reason i ask is i am getting ready to add a supercharger. how many psi can i go with my combination witho-ringed heads and stud mounted heads? Thanks guys!

 

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baglock1

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You one of those guys who just tosses money at the car with no idea why?

Since it sounds like you're already having the machine work done before researching it, does it really matter?

 

haulbalz

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actually yea, i just wanted to know who all did it after blowing a head gasket... and if it helped from futher blown head gaskets. a$$

 

95GTvert[bv12]

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yeah it will help with head gasket issues but i have a friend that blew a head gasket with ringed heads with 15psi off a novi 2000 so it helps alittle

 

haulbalz

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thank ya

 

stang_gt_1994

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If your still running the stock block and about to add a blower your block will crack before your head gaskets blow with a good tune. Head gaskets are kinda like insurence. I would just get some cometic head gaskets and not even O ring. But its your money.

 

moneypit94

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You guys are crazy... I went through 3 sets of headgaskets before i finally o-ringed them and haven't had a problem sence. I still think if Jesse would have o-ringed his heads his car would still be turbocharged. Yes im on a stock block and yes the car was tuned.. I can post dyno graphs to show you.. If your going to be putting boost to the heads i recommend o-ringing them. If your going to pushing a ton of boost i suggest getting the block o-ringed too.

There are so many guys right now getting away from forced induction because they are blowing headgaskets. I would be willing to put money down that if they would have o-ringed there heads they wouldn't stray. (talking about the guys that haven't had there heads o-ringed)

 

haulbalz

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moneypit94 said:

You guys are crazy... I went through 3 sets of headgaskets before i finally o-ringed them and haven't had a problem sence. I still think if Jesse would have o-ringed his heads his car would still be turbocharged. Yes im on a stock block and yes the car was tuned.. I can post dyno graphs to show you.. If your going to be putting boost to the heads i recommend o-ringing them. If your going to pushing a ton of boost i suggest getting the block o-ringed too.

There are so many guys right now getting away from forced induction because they are blowing headgaskets. I would be willing to put money down that if they would have o-ringed there heads they wouldn't stray. (talking about the guys that haven't had there heads o-ringed)

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thanks for the info bud!

 

95GTvert[bv12]

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you can't o ring both it's one or the other....I may be wrong but i am pretty sure you can only do heads or block

 

moneypit94

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yes, you can do both...