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Post by MAD DOG 79 »

jst need to no the head gasket thickness on a 2.4 lt turbo lux?? cheers joel
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Post by Man of Cheese »

why do want to know?
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Post by MAD DOG 79 »

puttin a turbo on my 2.2 desiel lux and i am goin 2 water jet cut a thicker head gasket at work.so i thou it would give me som idea where 2 start by noin the thickness of a 2.4lt turbo head gasket cheers joel
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Post by Man of Cheese »

dude

normal head gaskets have metal rings around the holes for the pistons to help with compression. i have nevwer heard of someone making a headgasket b4.
you still need to have the right material as it compresses when head bolts are done up.

better off buying one as a home made one probally wont last and do more damage than good.


but this is only a suggestion.

you could go to repco and ask to have a look at there headgasket kit and ask to measure it.
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Post by Guy »

If the gasket is made of anneled copper or similar I reckon it would work fine. Sorry I have no idea of the head gasket thickness when compressed.
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Post by Zeyphly »

I could be totally wrong but once before i was told that with L series motors you can get different thickness headgaskets for them depending on what markings they have somewhere on the head somewhere.
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Post by MAD DOG 79 »

yea i have heap of off cuts at work of copper thats y i need to no the thick ness.we cut copper head gaskets all the time.i might try repco four the thickness.cheers joel
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Post by Sic Lux »

Call toyota may be able to tell you. Why decompress the enigne but it should handle it fine or to you want to run crazy boost :silly:
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Post by MAD DOG 79 »

i am only thinkin of runnin between 8 and 12 psi.ill give it a go and if it goes bang well bad luck.goin 2 put a 2.8 in any way som tim in the near future.cheer joel
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Post by thehanko »

IM not 100 % sure on this, but have made copper head gaskets before and when i made it (was for a motor bike, about 12 years ago) I was advised to heat the gasket up very hot. but i cant remember if it was then just allowed to cool or if it was cooled quickly in water.

As i said im not 100% on it but i think it had something to do with the softness of the copper gasket.

is a aftermarket head gasket very expensive?
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Post by dow50r »

thehanko wrote:IM not 100 % sure on this, but have made copper head gaskets before and when i made it (was for a motor bike, about 12 years ago) I was advised to heat the gasket up very hot. but i cant remember if it was then just allowed to cool or if it was cooled quickly in water.

As i said im not 100% on it but i think it had something to do with the softness of the copper gasket.

is a aftermarket head gasket very expensive?
You quench it quick and that anneals the copper, and makes it soft.

My 2 cents worth is this...on a diesel, the thickness gasket depended on how far the crown of the piston protruded out the top of the block.
I dont think you need to touch the gasket when adding a turbo... unlike a petrol motor that sometimes you need to decompress...remember...your cam is belt driven and the further away from the crank the head is, themore advanced the cam will be.
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Post by GQ4.8coilcab »

blocks are often o-ringed when running copper headgaskets
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