OBX header gasket suggestions

[saturn_06]

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

[Satizzle]

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

[saturn_06]

Re: OBX header gasket suggestions

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

[saturnspeed_12]

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] .

[Jeremy]

Re: OBX header gasket suggestions

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

[Satizzle]

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

[Satizzle]

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]

[saturn_06]

no im not rigging it... enuff of riging, i want things done right... specially for the may 13th car show

[AC66Bronco]

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

[Sprint]

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.

-Allan.

[saturn_06]

DP


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

[AC66Bronco]

pop rivits

now thats getting ghetto

[Satizzle]

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

[dream36realms]

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.