KX Riders

Maintenance & Technical => KX500 Original => Topic started by: Kawadougie on June 01, 2005, 03:08:10 PM

Title: 1.0 mm Thick Head Gasket Report
Post by: Kawadougie on June 01, 2005, 03:08:10 PM

I don't know if anyone else has tried it but I recently swapped out the head gasket that comes with the Cometic gasket kit (0.2mm) with a thick 1.0 mm gasket from Kawasaki.  Stock gasket thickness is 0.4mm.  My main interest is woods riding and I found that it softened the hit slightly on the bottom end but it still pulls nicely from the mid to top end.  Exactly what I was looking for.  It also runs appreciably cooler now.  Kick starting is much easier also.  :D

Title: 1.0 mm Thick Head Gasket Report
Post by: Brett on June 01, 2005, 05:50:47 PM

I just went the opposite way and with new piston+rings, retimed powervalve and is definately harder to start with my weight.(60kg)

Title: Re: 1.0 mm Thick Head Gasket Report
Post by: SupermotoFan on February 10, 2007, 01:33:02 PM

Sweet.

Thanks for the update.

This kinda confirms what I was looking to do in my thread "Quite possibly the stupidest question ever..."

SupermotoFan
'86 KX500

Title: Re: 1.0 mm Thick Head Gasket Report
Post by: demographic on February 10, 2007, 08:12:20 PM

Don't worry about asking seemingly stupid technical questions as it's much more stupid to NOT ask and mess something expensive up.

Title: Re: 1.0 mm Thick Head Gasket Report
Post by: doordie on February 11, 2007, 12:30:54 PM

I only want to say,be carefully with detonations/pinging if you really us all power from
low rpm. :-o
Read all threads about Squish and Compressions and make your own conclusion. :wink:

Just my 2 cent :|