does any one know of a company that makes a thicker head gasket for the 96-00 ex sohc v tec d16 y8. ive been lookin and it seems they only make it for the d16 z6 motor???

 

Isnt that basically the same motor??

 

ya but supposley there different.. may b the oil ports are different??

 

what would be the purpose of replacing the stock with a thicker head gasket? also.. how do you go about in doing so? do u just remove the valve cover and pop it in or do u have to remove the whole head?

 

Lowers compression.
Take off head.

 

will i be able to remove the head without removing all the valves and cam gears? cuz i don't know how to install the valves back using the feeler technique.

 

you have to remove the cam gear along with a bunch of other stuff; timing belt, crank pulley bolt, various hoses, etc

you is confused, do not take off your head

 

to change a head gasket you have to take the head off. timing belt has to come off the cam gear.and the bracket that goes from the block to the intake manifold. after that take out the head bolts and thats it put on a new gasket with new head bolts and tourqe them down accordingly.