'86 1200 top end kit?

[90Blazer]

Has anyone used the Athena top end kit? Are they any good or do I need to stick with OEM parts? I have a head gasket that is leaking, a little white smoke out the exhaust and I don't want to have to do the job twice. thx.

 

[joedrum]

Well I’ve used them before and they are fine as OEM...except for one thing ...the top left head bolt hole needs made a bit bigger ....as far as quality of gasket goes there every bit as good as Honda ...they are goo gaskets and can’t take over heating as in loss of coolant or fan switch that doesn’t work proper in traffic and causes coolant lost ...I have mine set up with manual switch to keep fan on in stop and go traffic