aftermarket head bolts and gasket?

[Pirate4x4]

Are there any higher quality head bolts and head gaskets available for '03s other than the dealer?

 

[Vaughn MacKenzie]

Pirate I just saw a thread over on the Competiton Forum about high-tensile head bolts coming available from ARP and possibly selling through Summit Racing.



There are others available though, Piers and some of the other vendors carry them.



As far as head gaskets go there are solid copper ones which are thicker and drop the compression ratio a bit which helps with higher boost. Also avail. from Piers.



Here's the thread about the ARP bolts I mentioned: https://www.turbodieselregister.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=102064



Vaughn