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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 11:06 pm 
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Ok my update is i now have a billet custom grind turbo cam from surecam and valve springs to suit, my question is can i use a Au steel Head gasket either side of a acl copper head gasket to lower compression?

Oh yeah i blew my t5 up after beating a 380hp r33 skyline and i now have a g-force upgraded gearbox coming over from the usa with a strengthened t5 housing.

 

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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 11:25 pm 
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good to see another turbo 4l with a surecam grind bumpstick... what are the specs?? what did you ask for out of the cam???

i used au steel gaskets either side of a steel head shim from permaseal....

the old blown T5 trick... LOL, i have ordered a R154, have my custom clutch, and have done some measuring up... looks like it will be a success.

you will need to have a custom clutch made aswell wont you, from all the research i did into the g-force setup, i beleive they have a fine spline input shaft, unless you had it supplied with a a*** spline?????

 

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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 11:36 pm 
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I gave them all the specs for my tf including my input shaft so my clutch will fit fine, i just wanted full power to 6000rpm

 

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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 1:05 am 
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what are the specs on your cam papers??? will be interesting to see if its close to mine... and dont worry, if it is, you will have full power well past 6000rpm. you will have to grind away some of your rocker arms if it is the same size

will be interesting to see how that t5 holds up when you start pumping some real power/torque through it, like mid 300s which you are aiming for as a minimum

was it a tough discision to go T5?? i just couldnt trust the T5 to be upto the task, although you are getting the upgraded case. I saw the size of the gears from the R154 and i just had to use it...

how much did your particular box cost ya all up??

 

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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 7:14 pm 
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So u rekon i could use a copper gasket as a shim?

And what part of the cam specs u want to know?

 

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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 7:22 pm 
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ed_fairmont_turbo wrote:
So u rekon i could use a copper gasket as a shim?

And what part of the cam specs u want to know?

not sure about copper... i just dont know, i used steel and i know that has worked

adv durations, .050" durations and lift, pm them to me if youd rather not say them here

 

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Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 9:46 pm 
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i need to do a similar thing to my XF to drop the current 10:1 compression for boost. i was thinking of using a head gasket shim and putting a standard head gasket either side of it rather than just using double gaskets. would this work?
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Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 10:40 pm 
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you will have to do something about pushrod length??

but yea, a few have done the shim and 2 gasket trick before..

 

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Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 10:59 pm 
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any idea how much this would drop the compression? any other suggestions on better ways of doing it that i havnt considered?
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Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 6:45 pm 
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make chambers bigger, fit dished pistons... the comp drop you will need to calculate. id say probably .8-1 comp drop

 

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Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 6:45 pm 
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double post

 

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