Quick Question On SR Head gasket

[bardabe]

HEY guys. so the Pistons and rigns have been replaced. the cylinder walls where fine so there was no need for machine work. the rods adn everithign where fine so we Only replaced the Pistons and New RIngs on all 4 Cylinders. the bottom end is pretty much put together to factory specs. and now the only thing holding meh back is the Head GAsket. I'm currently having a midlife crisis with this. I can;t decide wether to re use the so called "Greddy Metal head gasket" this guy claims it came witht he car. and well it looks like it;s metal but then again I never dealt with a Metal head gasket I know what an OEM NIssan gasket looks like and this definetly dosent look like one. but my main concern is if Metal Head GAskets are Re-Usable. I know I'm about to get flamed for asking an Idiotic question like this. but I want to take my time and do it right the first time. so what do you guys think? oh here are some pics of the gasket.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/FairladyZ32/S13%20Parts/Image062.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/FairladyZ32/S13%20Parts/Image061.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/FairladyZ32/S13%20Parts/Image060.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/FairladyZ32/S13%20Parts/Image059.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/FairladyZ32/S13%20Parts/Image058.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/FairladyZ32/S13%20Parts/Image057.jpg

[SirWarrior]

isnt a metal head gasket like 150-ish?
buy a new one and sleep well.

[johngriff]

that gasket is trash, throw it away, re-usable or not, you should ALWAYS use a new gasket, because more than likely, you're gonnna drive the car like an asshole, not like grandma...


go to cometic.com and go get you're self a new metal head gasket for about $90 :bigok:


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john

[i-love-my-s14]

+1 for getting a new gasket, I would never reuse a headgasket, but that is just me. I also recommend getting the cometic head gasket, it's what I have and there have been no problems.