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  • OBX header gasket suggestions

    thi is the socond gasket i poped (header to DP) and its pissin me off...

    i used mr gasket twice.. once WITH the sealant protection stuff, andthe first time was just the gasket


    any recomendations on a PERMANENT fix... welding is not an option

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    i blew mine out countless times... there is only one solution

    weld pipe through the flange and than mr gasket the fuck out of it
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    • #3
      Re: OBX header gasket suggestions

      Originally posted by Saturn_06


      any recomendations on a PERMANENT fix... welding is not an option

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      • #4
        man, you sure the bolts are staying up tight enough and flanges meet together flat, no weld splatters or anything causing the problem?

        my pacesetter has never leaked, hell i bet it still wont even after being smashed [img]{SMILIES_PATH}/lol.gif[/img] .
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        • #5
          Re: OBX header gasket suggestions

          Originally posted by Saturn_06
          Originally posted by Saturn_06


          any recomendations on a PERMANENT fix... welding is not an option
          07 Redline w/ stuff.<br /><br />89 Civic hatch w/o stuff.<br /><br />96 SL2 that dont need stuff.

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          • #6
            no i dont' mean welding the flange together... take a piece of pipe and cut like 1/2 inch rings out and put them in one side (either header or downpipe) and just tac weld them in, than you can still take it apart if u need to, but the exhaust will blow by the flange thru the lil pipe and not keep blowing out your gaskets
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            • #7
              i had a custom copper gasket made for mine but nuthin matters cuz obx made the bolts in the wrong place, it just doesn't hold the whole thing down equally, i guess if the problem is that you don't want to pay someone to weld it or don't have a welder w/e than you'll have to try drilling extra bolt holes and than you can just clamp the hell outta it [img]{SMILIES_PATH}/biggrin.gif[/img]
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              • #8
                no im not rigging it... enuff of riging, i want things done right... specially for the may 13th car show

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                • #9
                  um its not really rigging nathan. its more of an easy fix. lots of ppl do it with there cats. just run a straight pipe thru it after knocking the shit our of there.

                  officer do you have a cat?
                  yup sure do.

                  what you are doing is installing a pipe in the header that is long enough to make it past the flang.

                  that is if i am following heath corectly
                  Originally posted by ECOtec Gods
                  Consider this: 800 hp is a lot on a 2.0L motor. With 750hp, three-quarters of a thousand you're basically dealing with 6.14 hp per cubic inch. Pressures and stresses of all kinds thermal and mechanical loading across the board escalate to extreme levels. A Chevrolet 5.7-liter LS1 V8 with this much specific power (horsepower per cubic inch) would be making 2,137 hp

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                  • #10
                    Are you talking about from the header to the head or from the header to the DP? If its from the head to the header I used a stock OEM gasket and so far so good. Its a tad thinner and less noticable then the OBX one too. If you ment to the DP then I have no idea.

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                    • #11
                      DP


                      i have no access to a welder... enuff said...

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                      • #12
                        pop rivits

                        now thats getting ghetto
                        Originally posted by ECOtec Gods
                        Consider this: 800 hp is a lot on a 2.0L motor. With 750hp, three-quarters of a thousand you're basically dealing with 6.14 hp per cubic inch. Pressures and stresses of all kinds thermal and mechanical loading across the board escalate to extreme levels. A Chevrolet 5.7-liter LS1 V8 with this much specific power (horsepower per cubic inch) would be making 2,137 hp

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                        • #13
                          yep dp small pipes, take it to a muffler shop, i paid $50

                          far from rigging, headers made by companys like dc sports all have a small pipe that slides into the dp about 1/4-1/2" for the same reason, honestly its pretty much your only hope
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                          • #14
                            I've read this post alot and was worried I would have issues. However I had purchaced the hotshot header to downpipe gasket and it worked fine. on the head side I used a OEM manifold gasket. I will start posting pics of my project real soon, I have alot to do to my house and time is lacking.
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