I need to know which ones seal the best and last the longest for the edelbrock tes 1 5/8's, Also is there anything I should do when installing the gaskets? is there any sealent I should buy? thanks

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86Z28, GM 350, Jet perf Q-jet & chip Dual snorkel air cleaner, Edelbrock performer intake, Edelbrock headers, Edelbrock cat-back, Off road pipe, MSD 6AL, Accel Super Coil, Taylor Spiro-pro wires, Rapid fire plugs, Jet fan switch, World class t-5, Hurst Short Throw Shifter, Ram Flywheel, Center force dual friction clutch,Aluminum drive shaft, BW disc rear 3.45's & a posi, PBR calipers, Earls braided brake lines, Polygrapite bushings all the way around, poly tranny mount & torque arm mount, Hotchkis lower control arms & panhard rod, Rancho limiter straps, KYB struts & shocks, Gm Wonderbar, Edelbrock strut tower brace, SSM sub frame connectors, Jamex lowering springs, Carbon metallic brake pads, Crossed drilled rotors, Mobil 1 Tranny fluid & motor oil, GM syntheic rear end oil, K&N, Grant stering wheel, 1,200 watt system, Jet Black Paint, 91 Z28 rims, 92 wing, Tinted windows.

 

The headers should have come with gaskets? otherwise go with fel-pro.

 

i think i am going to try and use the "dead soft" aluminum gaskets. the concept of them are good, with them not blowing out i mean. has anyone used these?

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Wide Open Till You See God...Then Brake

 

I used the SCE Copper Gaskets on my TES's and they worked great. I wouldn't use the ones that the TES's come with, I heard they bust easily.

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Eric Natzke
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I have had the headers on the car for 2 years now, It is just that the last time I swapped motors the ones I put on where just regular manifold gaskets and I think they are leaking.

 

The aluminum gaskets are the best! Better than copper on sealing irregular surfaces. 12,000 miles on mine without a retorque. Skimping on gaskets now means a big waste of time and money in the furture since changing gaskets on 3rd gens is a PIA. Percy's dead soft for SBC square port around $35 in Jegs/Summit



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'88 Camaro RS 2.8L
'88 Formula 350 (Too many mods to list...)

 

Agreed about the alum gaskets. Got a set of Percys two years ago and haven't touched them since - with paper it was every couple months. They won't shrink or crack or blowout, but are still soft enough to conform. Dunno about the coppers...

-Rich