Finally swapped headgaskets Options

[wortdog]

I finally had to replace my headgasket this week, after a bunch of stop-gap measures to make the FelPro live. Its final failure point was in cylinder number two, it ovaled the fire ring all the way over to the coolant passages by the intake:





Not too bad for a year of abuse, I guess. I'm hoping the OEM Mitsu gasket won't give me any trouble.

[wortdog]

My philosophy is, "if it breaks, replace the broken parts (or readily accessible ones) with aftermarket parts." In your instance, I'd get a set of cam gears, springs and retainers, and some Crower Stage 3 Cams while I was at it. Of course that may be why mine has been sitting for about three years.

I thought about it, but cams pretty much require an aftermarket intake manifold to make any real extra power up top, and things start to look even pricier. If I was going to do it, I'd go the low-buck method of Crower Springs, FFWD Stage 2 cams, and a Dejon Tool intake manifold, and whatever adjustable cam gears.