Does this replacement gasket from the dealership reduce compression or is it stock compression cause this thing is thicker than my old gasket.

Its stock compression. Remember, MLS will compress after you torque your cyl head down.


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How much does a head gasket from satan cost anyway?

How hard is it to doyourself if yo have access to ashop manual and tool, all you really ned to do is take off timing belt after lining it up and the valve cover along with the head right

You don't have to be a pro or anything to change the HG and T-belt. You should be very familiar with working on your car and can be without your car for a few days. After doing a couple times, you could get it done in a day. For the first time, I think its best to take your time. I spent a week wrenching, cleaning, and making sure every thing was perfect. I have some pics here:
http://www.geocities.com/vttalon/hg.html


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lol... me and my boy just finished up his hg and timingbelt after 5days.... its really not difficult just time consuming and some of the bolts are tricky to get in and out(side motor mount bracket) other then that i have to say the hardest part is getting the timing mark on the crank to TDC perfectly. there has to be a trick to it and finally after removing and restarting the belt 100's of times we got it. no clue how.

A weekend and you can have it done. Just keep a lot of tension in th ebelt on the front side of the motor align everything and let the tensioner pin go.

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changing the headgasket is fuggin easy just takes some of your time... got the gasket from satans for 20 bucks but due to discount... thanks for the answers cause I thought since the gasket was thicker it would reduce compression but I am glad to hear it is still stock comp.