here is my understanding, when I was building my cuda for Drag Week, my plan was to go in 2011. But there cuda project was delayed 4 months because there were no gaskets available. And It was only delayed 4 months due to the fact that I had a friend that found one for sale on 4Abodiesonly otherwise I would have been waiting 6-7 months. which leads me to believe there is only one factory in the world that makes them

the excuses I heard during my wait were, the factory burn down. rubber trees were wiped out by natural events. the factory was to be moved to another factory and someone got mad and all the molds were destroyed, on and on