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Once upon a time I had a 1st gen dodge neon, and it had some sort of flaw in the factory design of the head gasket and I had it replaced twice while still under the extended warranty I paid however many thousand dollars for when I bought it.
of course that Dodge dealership more than likely didn't bother to properly go through the entire head on a car with only 60k miles and after all it's warranty work so wtf do they care... But it broke several times and either way lets just say I am not always blindly faithful to the manufacturer or the dealership, just because that name is on it does not always mean that it's the best out there. Either way it looks like I'm taking my 5sfe for a head gasket job. I've got a shop I trust and he's sending it to the machine shop for resurface, valve grind, seals ect. I told him I'd bring him a full Head Kit and a set of new bolts so I've been researching what's available. I look past the way too cheap knockoffs and try to find OE quality stuff. and I'm quite impressed with this Victor Reinz product online catalog here http://www.victorreinz.com/EN/Service-Downloads/Catalog.aspx they have the full head kit for $90 on rockauto http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/moreinfo.p...&cc=1274307 which is like half of what you'd pay for the same kit at NAPA, and about 1/4 what Toyota will want for the same kit I'm sure. I've seen a couple more companies that look good but they aren't available on rockauto but they aren't too much more, maybe $120 as long as I get something that can take at least a little abuse and hold up i'll be happy. my car is stock and I don't go around pushin it that hard, just enough to get around all the Rtards on the highway ya know. but also, I have a 94 st204 with a 5sfe, the motor is most likely out of a Camry of a later ODBII model. I know they had to shave a couple inches off the bell housing to make the oil pan fit right. Is there a chance that the head would be different enough that the same kit wont work for it? Should I check the numbers on the motor and make certain which one it is? -------------------- Bust a Deal; Face the Wheel.
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