whats the difference? 88-89 gasket sets

dahondaboy · Post by **dahondaboy** » April 28th, 2008, 7:53 am

Whats the difference? between 88 and 89 gasket sets? All I need is the case gaskets and I can pay 50.00 for a 88 or 29.00 for an 89 set? I dont need the o rings or water pump gaskets just the middle so I can put my crank back in, will they work on both years of cases? thanks.

dannygraves · Post by **dannygraves** » April 28th, 2008, 8:09 am

the '88 and older have the thicker head gasket...that is all!

dahondaboy · Post by **dahondaboy** » April 28th, 2008, 9:16 am

cool! that will save me some loot!

dannygraves · Post by **dannygraves** » April 28th, 2008, 9:26 am

I actually use a '89+ headgasket on my '86 to bump up my compression, its a .040 difference.

dahondaboy · Post by **dahondaboy** » April 28th, 2008, 9:35 am

i reuse use a copper one, roughen with sandpaper, coat with gasket maker and let dry, never had any seepage or leaking yet, sometimes i cut my own gaskets fron gasket paper, they hold up pretty good too. if you use the black plastic coated stuff. napa has it in many thicknesses

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whats the difference? 88-89 gasket sets

whats the difference? 88-89 gasket sets