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Old Apr 17, 2003 | 12:08 AM
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Header Gaskets: Material?

Hey guys..

Whats the best header gasket to use? I have a set of hedman short tubes that will be going on my car sometime this summer. I have copper collector gaskets for it, but im not really sure what to use for the other end, were it matches up to the head.

Any suggestions? I'm thinking copper is probably the way to go, but i just wanna be sure.
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Old Apr 17, 2003 | 12:29 AM
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I bought the $40 Percy's aluminum gaskets. They've only been on for a day, but I've heard good things about them.
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Old Apr 17, 2003 | 09:31 AM
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I bought copper ones, but I still have a leak, so I'm taking ctandc's advice and double stacking some fel pro ones.
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