What Hg Should I Go With?

[MoogLe]

So, seeing as my head is off and i was told my current headgasket is starting to let go in some spots, i'm looking for a replacement

what i currently have is an unknown brand metal HG that came on the car, i measured it with a caliper and it seems to be about 1.7mm thick

I'm probably going to get the head resurfaced, so what thickness should i go with this time? 2mm?

Problem is that i dont know if it was already shaved down in japan when they fit the new HG so it's a bit risky to not go thicker.

I did however notice when i did a compression test that i got about 145psi across all cylinders which suggests that the compression was lowered.

So anyway, i was thinking about going with Tomei but i hear that there seems to be a shortage of tomei hg's on the market?

Im trying to avoid Cometic since i've heard of allot of people having leaks with them

[SLAPS]

No issues with Cometics here. I've also reused mine.

It really comes down to making sure the head is straight and finished correctly.

There's also Permaseal MLS-R of which are around the low to mid $200's.

Permaseal also do full inlet/exhaust gasket sets for the r33's.

Coventry/Motortraders sell them and are around 1.3mm thick from memory.