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Old Jul 4, 2009, 11:02 PM
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Are the VIII & IX head gaskets the same?
As the title says I need to know it the VIII & IX headgaskets are the same. Thanx.
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Old Jul 4, 2009, 11:18 PM
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NO I'm pretty sure that the IX head gasket has different oil jackets because of the MIVEC head.
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Old Jul 4, 2009, 11:20 PM
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That's what I tought. Thanx man.
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No they are the same I have a evo 8 block with evo 9 head and match up no problem fyi mivec has a seperate oil feed from block to the head
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Originally Posted by evoix16
No they are the same I have a evo 8 block with evo 9 head and match up no problem fyi mivec has a seperate oil feed from block to the head

He's Right
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I stand corrected, sorry
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Not sure what to do now. I had already put the head on the car & when I went to swap the VC gasket I realized it was for an 8. This means the engine gasket kit I have is for an 8. I did a little Googling last night & found theat the 8 &9 head gaskets have diffrent part numbers so I'd imagine that there must be something diffrent between the two.
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Originally Posted by shunderwunder
Not sure what to do now. I had already put the head on the car & when I went to swap the VC gasket I realized it was for an 8. This means the engine gasket kit I have is for an 8. I did a little Googling last night & found theat the 8 &9 head gaskets have diffrent part numbers so I'd imagine that there must be something diffrent between the two.
if i am correct there is only a small difference and that is a certain port in the gasket but i have used an 8 gasket in my 9 and didn't have any problems
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they are not the same, however they are interchangeable. the 9 gasket has some revisions to oil flow and also is thicker.

I have an evo 9 block and evo 8 head and I matched the gasket to the head
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Different. The 9 is a bit thicker. If I remember correctly, the 9 has 2 more steel layers. All the holes line up though.
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