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Re: RB intake install. Valley pan alone, or gaskets too?
[Re: hp383]
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06/12/14 01:24 PM
06/12/14 01:24 PM
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RapidRobert
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People have used the pan with and without gaskets and with and without sealer. (1) mockup & check that the intake/head interface angles are machined correct. (2) mockup the intake and valley pan & check the bolt hole/port height match. I use Permatex #1 on iron intakes and #2 on alum intakes, a thin wide swath around each of the 8 port holes in the metal valley pan on both sides. "superperformance" on here offers thin .015" fiber gaskets for reasonable money & Felpro has thick ones that come with the valley pan at your parts house.
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Re: RB intake install. Valley pan alone, or gaskets too?
[Re: Steve Bryant]
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06/12/14 01:49 PM
06/12/14 01:49 PM
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GTX MATT
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Just the valley pan unless there is a reason to need something more to seal it.
On my engine the ports were bigger than the valley pan, so I had to grind the valley pan to fit. I was worried that I had to grind some of it pretty thin in some spots, so I glued the paper gaskets to each side for some extra insurance.
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Re: RB intake install. Valley pan alone, or gaskets too?
[Re: GTX MATT]
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06/12/14 01:56 PM
06/12/14 01:56 PM
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therocks
oh wait.but hey.lets see.oh yeah.
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oh wait.but hey.lets see.oh yeah.
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Have just used the pan and nothing else since the 60s.I do use a dab of RTV in the 4 corners and a bit where the hold downs go.Thats it and never any problems.Rocky
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Re: RB intake install. Valley pan alone, or gaskets too?
[Re: therocks]
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06/12/14 03:58 PM
06/12/14 03:58 PM
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hp383
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Thanks guys thats what I was remembering. Although I do recall one intake, a CH4B i think it was, that I had to use two fiber gaskets on each side to get holes to line up.
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