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Old Oct 11, 2004 | 07:12 AM
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Here I'll help you:

Of course the higher HP you get the more problems you're getting into. Because it takes much more responsibility than having an 140hp Integra. Power is good, isn't it? Clean up everything you see...that is find everything you feel you half-assed on and fix it where you won't have to worry about it for a long time.

As for your gasket. You can do three things:

-Go to the Nissan dealership, ask for the gasket that comes from an '88 300ZX turbo. This is by far the thickest/nicest one I've used. Only reason why it blew out because I didn't torque one of the four bolts enough.

-Go to the Ford dealership, ask for the gasket that came from the 80s model turbo T-Bird. This is a thinner one. It'll work also.

-Last option which people get away with is, don't run a gasket at all. Make sure the flange surfaces from both sides are nice and smooth. Torque it tight enough and you should be fine.

But uh I assume you have a T3 based turbo right? Cos if you don't, uuuuh everything I said won't apply. h:

As for your car, it's a toughie. It's hard to come back to n/a from the darkside. My advice is fix that gasket, get it tuned (talk to Steve Sakai, he's good at Hondata and we used to help each other on these cars back in 1996) and see how you feel afterwards.

One of the phrases I live by is:

FINISH WHAT YOU STARTED
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