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[Murlo26]

The headgasket is cheap enough where I wouldn't even bother re-using. Yes its more money "down the drain" but like you said peace of mind goes a long long way. And I need every bit of that for my car as I almost hate driving it with how nervous I get about it breaking.

The headstuds could maybe be re-used I know, but re-torquing them for a 3rd time (i have had these on the last two motors) just seems like too much, especially with how much boost I ran before on the car. I already bought the newer ARP's too so its too late now, but they are the new ones and I was always skeptical of the standard ARP's. I think these are more like the L19's or whatever all the 4G63 guys run.