Has anyone used either the Earls or the Remflex header gaskets? And
if so would you use them again?
Carl

 

Welcome to TGO. I have no experience with the above, so I may be wasting your time with another suggestion: Fel-Pro (Jeg's p/n 375-1404). I would use Fel-Pro again.

JamesC

 

Thanks,
I normally use the Felpro 1404, But they usually start to leak after a couple of
years or so. So, I was looking at maybe trying out some of the new header gasket technologies.

 

I've been running the Fel-Pro above for quite some time without incident. Keep us posted on your discoveries.

JamesC

 

I run Percys "Dead Soft" Aluminum. Multi-layer type, never had a problem. Just do the re torque as they heat cycle a few times.

Max,

 

Earl's for the win! I use the D-shaped ones for an LT1 as they work with my Trick Flow heads. My dad Dyno Don has used them with his headers he sells as well, and even when a bolt fell out, they didnt blow out or leak.

 

ehh, i havent had much luck with the fail-pros. i found some graphite gaskets at my local speed shop, theyre about a quarter inch thick, and are completely graphite except for a little flexible grid at the center. and those gaskets have been great for some time now, i havent even retorqued them in a loooong time

 

i've always used Fel Pro exhaust manifold gaskets on all of my headers, in the last 10 years, i have had 2 failures, both of them were due to my error.

 

i have had good luck with mr.gasket copper gaskets . i feel a lot of failures are due to poor prep. work . clean & de-burr header flange . clean cylinder head mateing surface . use quality bolts , chase & clean threads , tighten & torque from center outwards in small steps . good luck .