Header gaskets? Which ones are the best
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I was wondering what do people like in the way of header gaskets for a 440 engine. I just went through a set of felpro's and am just wondering if people have a brand they like and trickd to keep from vlowing them?
Mike
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Re: Header gaskets? Which ones are the best
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permatex ultra grey .............no gaskets !!
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Re: Header gaskets? Which ones are the best
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We use Hooker with ultra copper, let it set up for about 25 minutes. ARP header bolts. Never had a leak and never had a bolt come loose.
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Re: Header gaskets? Which ones are the best
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Has anybody ever tried REMFLEX ?
Yes!
once you use them you wont go back to anything else... best gaskets I have ever used...
no more double gaskets, no voo doo to get them to seal, no re torquing, no problems!
we use the same gasket material in industrial piping that I work in and its a good design for exhaust...
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Re: Header gaskets? Which ones are the best
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I've had great luck luck with Percey's. They are reuseable too.
I ran Percey's on my last two motors and really liked them, about $35 if I remember correctly, no leaking, no retorquing
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Re: Header gaskets? Which ones are the best
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Mr Gasket Ultra seals.They work and arent bad at like 16 bucks.Ive even reused them.Last set was on 6 years till I put the new heads on and I probally still could have reused them.I had the coppers on my 440 with TTIs and they leaked like there were no gaskets there.Rocky
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Has anybody ever tried REMFLEX ?
Yes!
once you use them you wont go back to anything else... best gaskets I have ever used...
no more double gaskets, no voo doo to get them to seal, no re torquing, no problems!
we use the same gasket material in industrial piping that I work in and its a good design for exhaust...
That's what I use too. Just be very careful putting them on. They break very easily.
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Re: Header gaskets? Which ones are the best
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I don't use the gaskets made for headers. Like the previous poster, I make sure that the headers don't have a crappy bead of weld that's not flat. Then I put on standard exhaust manifold gaskets, with a bit of anti-sieze. I've even re-used 'em occasionally. Seems to work for me; like I said above, it's probably just that I've never been told why it won't work, so it does. ![](/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh2.gif) BTW, I've had problems with header gaskets blowing out, even with filing the flanges. ![](/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shruggy.gif) -Bill
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Re: Header gaskets? Which ones are the best
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You want a gasket that can slide... with the heat those pipes grow a fair amount then it cools down... I make my own gasket most of the time... I use a product called Grafoil... stainless steel with graphite layers on both sides ![](/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wave.gif)
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Thanks guys. I think I'm going to give Percy's shot.
Mike
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