I track my lancer on the stock turbo at 23psi. My headgasket is going and I need to replace it this season. Those of you who have changed yours which did you pick and why? Stock is like $75 and Cometic is like $85. I don't want to get an HKS or anything for way too much money. I just want the best I can get for relatively cheap. I don't want to change compression at this point.

 

I went with the Power Ent. 1.2mm HG. A little bit more than the OE, but if you are decking the head. It will offset that decking.

 

You cant go wrong replacing it with an OEM headgasket.

 

i think the hks head gasket is the best

 

But how can that be said when I just blew an OE headgasket? I had headstuds and all.

 

But how were they installed? 1x1? Did you retorque the head after 10 cycles?

 

cosworth makes some serious headgaskets about $130...stock is more than good enough as well

 

ams drag evo is on stock head gasket at more than 1000 hp , but as we all know there oring cylinders

im on oem gasket , my buddy is making 600 hp on oem gasket , buschur uses oem gaske t

 

That may indicate a problem that has nothing to do with the headgasket. It takes a good bit of energy to blow a MLS gasket as good as the OEM one. That blown head gasket may be telling you something else is amiss.

 

agreed


im at 33psi oem gasket... no prob...

 

In almost all cases engine builders will tell you to use the stock OEM head gasket as a fuzz. Odds are you lost the HG because of head stud install or poor tune. If it was the tune and you hadn't lost the HG you probably would have had bearing failure down the road.

 

Def. not the tune. We'll see when I decapitate her. I ordered a IX OE gasket. Thanks for the input guys. Cosworth looked like a good option but the cost was double so I'll give the IX a shot. I'll bet it was the 1X1 method. I did retorque but who knows. I'll try again, the right way this time.