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• thicker head gasket and other mods? by rov716y on 20 Mar, 2008 12:42
• i have read somewhere and cant remember if it was petrol or diesel about putting a thicker head gasket on to lower compression rates then upping the fuelling are air flow greatly to get more power. speaking to a friend he says that doing this would make my aaz a biatch to start when cold and not worth the gains!
  
  i have moded pin in pump, got a k24 turbo to put on and intercooler. got a manual boost controller.  before these go on will get an egt guage boost guage and a oil temp guage
  
  is there any other mods i can do apart from what i already done to help me on to 150 bhp+
• #1 by JetPo on 20 Mar, 2008 23:36
• Same thing here Whats next
• #2 by saurkraut on 21 Mar, 2008 08:26
• Don't do it.  It doesn't lower the compression significantly, but undoubtably has a negative effect on the turbulance in the swirl chambers.
• #3 by rov716y on 21 Mar, 2008 11:03
• so no to thicker gasket!!
  
  just enquiring what else can be down for more power