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Jdub07
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Whats your take on header gaskets? The best or worst to use. Anyone ever use copper header gasket, are they shit?
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I like felpro [patriot]

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the cheapo ones don't seem to leak on my car.

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Get two sets fo FelPro 1415's. Put a thin layer of black RTV between two. Press under some books or boxes overnight. Install and never worry about leaks (as long as your bolts don't back out.)

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I ordered a copper set for $30 from summit and have reused them about five times at least and they work great.

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quote:
Originally posted by 91sleeper:
I ordered a copper set for $30 from summit and have reused them about five times at least and they work great.

what do you mean by "re-used"
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quote:
Originally posted by Jdub07:
Whats your take on header gaskets? The best or worst to use. Anyone ever use copper header gasket, are they shit?

I have new felpro's want them $20.

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We've found nothing better than Bassani's gaskets, which are stainless steel with graphite sealing inserts. The graphite is virtually impervious to heat, and it conforms to any imperfections in the head and header, thus sealing completely. When it comes time to reuse the gaskets, you simply buy new inserts, which is very cost-effective.
I have these in stock for 5.0s and 4.6 SOHC! Call, PM, or email for pricing.

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the bassani gaskets are the ones to get
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i use earls gaskets, they are exactly the same as the bassanis but the earls use an aluminum out support unlike the bassani stainlees ones

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I just put the Bassani's on my 5.0 along with the ford motor sport headers and apex's lock kit and they work great. The only thing wrong with the Bassani's is I wanted to hang them on the wall were you could see them not hide them on the car. They look sweet [Eek!]

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quote:
Originally posted by Jdub07:
quote:
Originally posted by 91sleeper:
I ordered a copper set for $30 from summit and have reused them about five times at least and they work great.

what do you mean by "re-used"
I mean I have removed and installed my headers at least five times and have the same gaskets. Usually the felpro will get torn up and you wont be able to re use them as much, just my opinion.

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They all work equally well.

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I have found I like the fel pros the best whatever you do dont buy mr gasket ones I made that mistake about 4 years ago on my nova i was installing gaskets about 2 weeks later they suck!

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Whatever you do don't use BBK header gaskets that come with your headers. I learned that one the hard way [Mad]

Needless to say about 5% of the damn fucker wouldn't come off of the header after 2+ hours of scraping so in order to go to knotts we just put another gasket on. It's leaking very very minor now and youc an't really hear it so when I'm bored or something I'll take the fuckign header off and clean it then [Mad] [Roll Eyes] [BS flag]

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Thanks for all the advise [burnout] I have some MAC Copper Header Gaskets coming in soon so we'll see how they work out.

Off road h-pipe - $187.80
header gaskets - $30.00
Bloody Knuckle Bandages - $2.00
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quote:
Originally posted by The Rick:
Whatever you do don't use BBK header gaskets that come with your headers. I learned that one the hard way [Mad]

Needless to say about 5% of the damn fucker wouldn't come off of the header after 2+ hours of scraping so in order to go to knotts we just put another gasket on. It's leaking very very minor now and youc an't really hear it so when I'm bored or something I'll take the fuckign header off and clean it then [Mad] [Roll Eyes] [BS flag]

Dont feel bad!..BBK suck!!...That shit happened to me too.. [Mad]

I'm running the best Mr.Gaskets you can buy for a 302...I cant remember which ones they are though, but they were like $35....I used the best Felpro ones but the Header bolts kept comming out and blowing the Felpro gaskets with them, so I tried the Mr Gaskets.....I have had the Mr gaskets on for over a year with no problems...

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Earl's Pressure Master.

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use anything decent (mentionend in all these posts) and get locking header bolts

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quote:
Originally posted by rokcrln:
The only thing wrong with the Bassani's is I wanted to hang them on the wall were you could see them not hide them on the car. They look sweet [Eek!]

I felt the same way when I installed them on my car!

I have had them off once. I had to replace the graphite inserts and that's it.

Eric

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