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yosan

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I've been searching around but could find the answer. Going to replace HG before before going for upgrades, and I'm currently looking for a gasket set. I've these two set on EBAY made by Ishino and Stone. I've over heard they're a pretty good brand gasket and would people's input before I purchase it. The price doesn't bother me since I'm looking for reliability....The engine is stock with 173,XXX and never had HG job before which I will b purchasing a 1.2MM HKS MHG.

IShino
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cylinder-Head-Gasket-Set-Toyota-Supra-TURBO-7MGTE-87-93-/360192484234?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&vxp=mtr&hash=item53dd25238a

Stone
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Toyota-Supra-7MGTE-3-0-Stone-Cylinder-Head-Gasket-Set-/150618217447?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&vxp=mtr&hash=item23118b9be7
 
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i used the stone kit on my build, it does not come with the egr cooler gasket and the head gasket looks like the oem toyota gasket with the copper rings although i did not use it because i used a metal head gasket (im not 100% sure if the head gasket with the kit is as good as the toyota one though)

i also got the front and rear main seal from toyota
 
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supra1008

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Quite honestly I think all them gasket kits suck except a toyota one. I had bought one of those kits and didn't like it so I used FIPG on the whole engine except of course exhaust and the EGR cooler. Definitely use the FIPG on the oil pan!!
 
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radiod

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Regardless of whatever gasket kit you end up getting, get the Toyota EGR cooler gasket and the Toyota throttle body gasket. I haven't seen an EGR cooler gasket from an aftermarket kit that isn't made of cardboard when you need to have a metal/graphite type gasket or it will burn up, and for some reason all the throttle body gasket I've seen aftermarket have a ridiculously tiny hole in the middle rather than conforming to the size of the throttle body. You can deal with the later one by just using an knife to cut the center hole to size, or you can do what other people have done and create your own gasket for the throttle body using the side of a cereal box (I could swear I saw remnants of "Snap Crackle Pop" popping out of the edge of some throttle body), but the EGR cooler gasket is an absolute must. I can tell you from experience you don't want to be changing that one after the engine/head is back in the car.

Personally, I used a Fel-Pro gasket kit for my top end when I redid that, and it was good minus those two gaskets mentioned above. If I were to do it again, I'd probably look at the cost of getting it all from toyota though, the Fel-Pro kit wasn't cheap if I remember correctly.
 
Another MkIII

Another MkIII

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I used a Topline kit from flatlander racing, didn't include the TB gasket, but the EGR gasket was a metallic one, which most aftermarket kits don't have. I used an OEM head gasket. That's the biggest regret I have, no problems so far, but being that I had already machined the block and head, a couple hundred dollars more would have bought some added assurance. For the oil pan, I used FIPG, wasn't about to trust the cork gasket in the kit, lol.
-AM3
 
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yosan

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Thanks for all the input/infos guys, will start the engine and transmission removal once it gets warmer here...I'm the second owner and have all the records done at a Toyota dealership. 1990 Supra is my weekend car only...The head gasket was never replaced according to the first owner and going thru the papers(book thickness)...Toyota papers does labeled Head gasket(s) but 2 of them at a cheap price = Valve Cover gaskets. I did notice early symptoms of head gasket failure, running water through the heater core, reservior coolant gone missing, and temp did rise by 1/4" above normal on warm sunnys days. No milky shake in the oil, but I won't allow that to happen. Most coolant parts system were replaced by Toyota. This will be my first time touching an inline 6 Turbo system...Worked on too many 4AGE engines maintenances. Going to buy the Ishino sets and of course TOYOTA seals for the critical areas.
 
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yosan

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I saw that and was thinking to myself if they meant 7M (N/A)..Distributed by drift motion, I guess I can't go wrong with that. Super thanks
 
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