Head Gasket Question

[SisTum ID]

i found a head gasket for $43.87 at racepages.com. anyone know where i can get one cheaper? :bowdown: thanks in advance

[05xd]

What are you planning on doin?Is it leaking or something?

[SisTum ID]

port my heads

[soullesselantra]

well, i would try a local parts store...that is if you're lookin for a factory replacement...

[evan938]

how much is the p/p going to run you? ive been thinking of this as well, but the fact that im not confident enough to try to reinstall a head on my own, so i would be paying a shop to basically change the head gasket and just put the new head on instead of the old one.

[SisTum ID]

well, i would try a local parts store...that is if you're lookin for a factory replacement...

like maybe autozone? but do u think the price mite be?

[BobMs_wht2k2]

Have you checked OEM? I don't remember them being that much personally.

[evan938]

yeah...OEM cant be much more, and with something like that, id rather spend the few extra dollars and get the OEM part and not something from autozone...

how much is the p/p running you????:D

[Cypher]

bah. taking the head off isn't that hard. evan i've done it!

[evan938]

its not that its hard, its that its not easy. its not something i want to take a chance of messing something up. if it goes to a shop and doesnt start, they fix it.

[toymachine566]

dont the head studs have to get replaced also, i remember reading it in one of mahonroy's posts. and isnt removing the head a pain just because of having to remember everything you unplug/disconnected and putting them back together? I see it as being more of a tedious job rather than difficult

[Cypher]

yes head studs are a one time item. they'll need to be replaced. its not hard to remember/figure out where all the sensors go.

[SisTum ID]

btw is the head cast iron or alumium? my said all i need to buy is the head gasket and the rest he can take care of.

[Cypher]

head is alumium and the block is iron

[O_GT]

Ive done a few head jobs and the Elantra not that hard. The worst one I did was on a 91 Mazda 626. That one took me 3 days

[SisTum ID]

O_GT, where did you buy your gasket and how much did u pay for it>?

[evan938]

I guess we will never know how much the porting is going to cost

[SisTum ID]

I guess we will never know how much the porting is going to cost

my buddy is gonna do it so its not gonna cost anything but the casket and a 2 days worth of beer :D ;) after i do it ill post final pricing

[oregun]

I sincerely hope that the beer will be consumed AFTER the P&P. I wouldn't want a drunk buddy grinding away at my aluminum head.