Standard headbolts for 1.2mm athena gasket??

[quadlight gt]

As above guys can standard headbolts be used with Athena 1.2mm headgasket??

Or will i have to buy ARP's ?

Cheers!

 

[Rory]

Yeah you can use standard head bolts no problem.

 

[Janki]

Yeah you can use standard head bolts no problem.

1.2mm headgasket is standard ?

 

[AdamB]

I believe the stock gasket is 1.2mm, but goes to 1mm when crushed. A MLS gasket will not crush therefore stays the same thickness.

As Rory said, you can use standard headbolts. But looking into the future it may be worth while uprating to some ARP's.

 

[quadlight gt]

Ah confused now so wait if i use standard headbolts on my athena gasket it will be fine??

Has this been tried & tested from any other members if anyone could confirm???

Also i may be gettin a 1.4mm gasket to lower compression even more again back to my 1st question ???

Thanks!

 

[Murray]

Ah confused now so wait if i use standard headbolts on my athena gasket it will be fine??

Has this been tried & tested from any other members if anyone could confirm???

Also i may be gettin a 1.4mm gasket to lower compression even more again back to my 1st question ???

Thanks!

Stock bolts will be fine with both gaskets. .2/.4mm will make absolutly no difference whatsover.
People upgrade to ARPs for added strength, when running serious boost/power etc.

 

[Iain@CRD]

Stock bolts will be fine with both gaskets. .2/.4mm will make absolutly no difference whatsover.
People upgrade to ARPs for added strength, when running serious boost/power etc.

^^^

As Murray said the standard headbolts will be sufficient.

 

[gtpower]

sorry to hi-jack the thread but im fitting an uprated gasket to my engine can i reuse my old headbolts there standard ones

 

[AdamB]

Use the thinnest headgasket you can get away with, unless your going for a record attempt on stock internals.

No you can't reuse the stock headbolts. For the sake of £30 you may as well replace them anyway as good practice.

 

[quadlight gt]

cheers guys think i'll go for the standard oem headbolts then..

just to make sure will this be safe to run 1.0bar boost on stock headbolts with Athena headgasket ??

Thanks!

 

[weeJohn]

The Athena will take 1 bar when fitted correctly no problem. Stock bolts will work ok, but if you are going to buy new ones from Toyota they are about £80, ARP are about £30 more and can be reused at least once.

 

[quadlight gt]

The Athena will take 1 bar when fitted correctly no problem. Stock bolts will work ok, but if you are going to buy new ones from Toyota they are about £80, ARP are about £30 more and can be reused at least once.

cheers mate^ i think i'm only goin to run 1bar boost max so will probvsgo for the stock bolts in that case

Thanks for ur info guys!