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Old 06-01-2009   #10
mike55112
 
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Re: Blown head gasket caused some damaged parts

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Originally Posted by ecoli View Post
I have made in the mid 500s on an Evo with 2 rockers popped off. Fixing it gained a lot up power up top, but it still ran fine, spooled the turbo and made low end power. It depends on how bad the valves are bent too. I made 700whp in my 2G with 8 bent valves from a previous overrev. You have a 2.3l though, that alone should give you a 50whp gain over a 2.0l at the same boost level, so that might be helping.
I guess I will see what the outcome will be when I figure out what I want to do with this.
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