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I just changed my head gasket in my s13.

I know a guy who had a rb25 and didn't Retension his headbolts and had all sorts of trouble.

I was just wondering if anyone knew if you had to do this for sr's

the thing that would make it hard how when your tensioning the head bolts the last two tensions are in degrees, not foot lbs or anything

Assuming you have all the right method up to the degree bit, the final torque for is 108-127 Nm (80-93 ft lb). This is on a GtiR R but assuming it's the same (torque to 59N-m, then 108-118 N-m, back them all off completely, 36-42N-m followed by final turn of 90-95 degrees). Use light engine oil for lube rather than moly lube (I've heard moly lube is effective enough to require a reduction of 10% in torque for stock head bolts)

I've already got the head on and tensioned it up to spec. I've done 100 or so kms since Ive changed it. Do you have to retension the headbolts or is it fine if you tension them right when reinstalling the head?

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