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Old 12-23-2008, 07:16 PM
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Hey,

So long story short I did a H/C/I install in my 02 Z. I took it to synergy motorsports to get a tune and we had some problems. The passenger side bank was running rich, and the drivers side head was about 50* hotter than the passenger side head, the temp gauge in the car was reading 230.

The tuner sugested that maybe I messed up and put a head gasket on backwards so I took his advice and pulled the drivers side head and the gasket was the correct way. Anyone have any other thoughts?
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what kind of heads and what gaskets?
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AFR 205's, Cometic .040
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Never mind........ pass head gasket was on wrong I knew I was stupid but damn. Oh well guess we all make mistakes
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Glad you got it figured out. Good luck with it.
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Make sure yo bleed all of the air out of the heads after install also.


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