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Old 11-04-2009, 04:20 PM   #30
ericb382
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Originally Posted by s14unimog View Post
I can't agree with you. The FSM lists for you to use it and it would have considered a perfect decking surface between the two surfaces. I'm glad yours isn't leaking though.
The FSM gives procedures for a stock HG. We are talking about aftermarket HG's. I hope you wouldn't use the FSM's torque specs when torquing down ARP head studs.... Same concept.

Like I mentioned earlier, I called Apexi (the manufacturer of my HG) and asked them what they recomend for THEIR HG. They said not to use anything. I didn't and it worked perfect. Like I also mentioned earlier, there are some instances where I would deviate from their recomendations to match a specific application, but in a perfect world (head, block and front cover machined) you don't need it.
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