KA Gasket Kits?

[MicroMachinery]

I've nearly completed my quest of piecing my entire KA24DE swap together, and I'm ready to begin reconstruction of the engine itself. :D

For anybody that has rebuilt one of these and run it for some time, what would you recommend for the gasket set/ rebuild kit for doing this? Yes, I know Nissan OEM would be ideal, but come on, I don't have $400 to throw to them. If I had the money, I would. But on a BUDGET, does anybody have good/bad experiences with certain brands? Which ones should I go for? Which ones should I avoid? Any help would be MUCH help.

I'm leaning towards having my guys at NAPA order me one through their sources , but I just want to ask advice from anybody that has any kind of experience, good or bad, with any brand in particular.

 

Thanks guys.

[yello620]

My L20b was assembled over four years ago with "rock" brand gaskets. I got them from R.J.templeton in Portland. Was very inexpensive too.

 

The valve cover gasket was changed when i installedthe polished valve cover. That gasket came from Car Quest.

[Cuts metal like mad]

I've had great success with felpro. Most of the "gaskets" on the KA are simply liquid gasket... silcone.

[Mr.Fahrenheit]

i too am searching for a good rebuild kit. i have heard about a kit from rpm being good and cheap but im not to sure....

[Braden]

any of you gusy ever experimented with different thicknesses of head gaskets to raise or lower compression? i know some of you turbo guys have!!