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whats the difference? 88-89 gasket sets
Posted: April 28th, 2008, 7:53 am
by dahondaboy
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.
Posted: April 28th, 2008, 8:09 am
by dannygraves
the '88 and older have the thicker head gasket...that is all!
Posted: April 28th, 2008, 9:16 am
by dahondaboy
cool! that will save me some loot!
Posted: April 28th, 2008, 9:26 am
by dannygraves
I actually use a '89+ headgasket on my '86 to bump up my compression, its a .040 difference.
Posted: April 28th, 2008, 9:35 am
by dahondaboy
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