niner11 Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 I have been searching for a factory nissan head gasked for my 83 turbo motor but have been unable to find on. The second most recommended head gasket seems to be a Victor Reinz. Some threads mention that these can be had a NAPA but I dont see them listed. Another option is the Inshin ? sp......that seems to be much more available. Does anyone have a source for a factory head gasket or a Victor Reinz? Thanks, Chuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cygnusx1 Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 I just put in the $30 MSA gasket to replace my blown factory original one. The MSA one has slightly stouter fire rings than the factory one did. Not really knowing what brand the MSA one is, it looks fine, all the holes line up with the original one, and it's holding 10-15psi of boost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktm Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 Chuck, I had the fortune of probably buying one of the last Nissan head gaskets in the country about 4 months ago. I had to call around to 5 shops and the last place did a computer search for me and located one. I immediately hung up and called the place that had the gasket with the part number and had them ship it to me. It is currently sitting in my garage. Ishino is a good gasket maker as well. I bought two (2) of their intake/exhaust manifold gaskets. They looked EXACTLY like the Nissan gasket that I removed. No need for Permatex copper for the install. I would suggest calling a shop (Courtesy would do this for you) and ask them to do a parts search around the country. There is bound to be a place that has one in their inventory. I also got lucky with a local Nissan shop that had only ONE more remaining OE rear main seal (the circular one). The seal MSA sells is sh** compared to the OE seal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niner11 Posted September 15, 2007 Author Share Posted September 15, 2007 Thanks for the responses. It was looking like I was going to use an Ishino gasket but I found 2 factory head gaskets and had them mailed to my local Nissan dealer. Price was still the same...about 60 bucks each. Good to hear that they look just like Ishino's. I spoke with a few Napas and it seems that they don't carry Victor Reinz anymore....its all felpro now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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