1992 7mgte overheating and blowing head gasket

[Supra_Freak_7m]

If you are using an oem head gasket with the head machined, that could be part of the problem, as the cam timing will be off due to the slightly shorter distance from the bottom of the head up to the pulleys, and where the cam timing is off, the igntion timing is probably off too. This also increases compression, which can cause detonation issiues? Alot of v8 mechanics LOVE to blame that turbo for everything from the car overheating to the tail lights not working.... Its just ignorance for the most part. as long as your not boosting too high for your current fuel delivery capacity and tune, it SHOULD not be the turbo.

SO, with that said,

Did your head/block mating surface get machined?
If So, How much was removed?
What were your head bolts torqued to?

[wstanek]

well if you did everything properly it would not have blown! i have a couple wuestions did u tourque the head to the stock specs or to the new specs people have forund for each type of gasket because if u use the stock specs then you probably will have issues and also if u take surface off the head and block you will need a thicker head gasket to compensate for that missing material