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**Halon** · 05-13-2009

My understanding is that flatness is very important. As far as RA goes, if you are running a composite type gasket, a rougher RA could work, but if you are running any sort of MLS gasket, then RA is important as well.

05-13-2009	#52
Halon Pewp Champion Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Blaine Drives: Teh Bean Posts: 12,309	Re: Re-torquing ARP headstuds My understanding is that flatness is very important. As far as RA goes, if you are running a composite type gasket, a rougher RA could work, but if you are running any sort of MLS gasket, then RA is important as well. __________________ B-Man - FlexFuel Mafia 1991 TSi AWD E85 - BEP S362, DSMLink V2, Built 2.0L Idle Vid 628hp Graph 541hp Vid 10.93@137 Vid 1992 SC300 E85 - BW 84-75, Vlad Infinity, NA-T, 6spd Idle Vid 709hp Graph 709hp Vid 11.1@131 Vid 2006 Bayliner 195 - Carbed 5.0 Top Speed Test