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Originally Posted by inopsey
never thought i would agree with corbic but most of this is good advice.
but i would not recommend opening the engine just to do head studs/gasket. leave the head gasket to be the weak point, so it goes before the bottom end preventing the block from becoming a piece of scrap aluminum. however, the tune and safety cuts that a ecu like haltech offers are gonna be key here.
source: ive been running 370whp (mustang dyno) for 10 years now with a proper tune (haltech all the way) on a 3071 at 18 psi (with stock cams) and the engine has the same compression numbers as when the turbo was first put on the car.
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You can run head studs without pulling the head. Just pull one bolt at a time and add the stud in. I did that on my SR.
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Originally Posted by e1_griego
LOL I almost made the same post. "Can't believe I'm agreeing with Corbic buuuuut..."
I did the stock head gasket thing for many years, and also ran the apexi crap from the 90s for a long time. A real ecu (Link g4+) didn't add any power but is a LOT more peace of mind what with actual control of things and failsafes added in.
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Yeah, a quality standalone won't make "more power". It just makes running and tuning the engine easier. No more chasing weird issues when the engine over fuels at a certain RPM or cuts timing or has a high or rough idle. On and on. It becomes really easy to identify if you have a mechanical issue or a tune issue and what issue is.