Using gasket paper/cork for the runners
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Using gasket paper/cork for the runners
Stock runner gaskets are puny for my runners and intake and porting them makes them really fragile..Can I just get a gasket sheet(paper or cork) and make it..Would this work?Im wondering cause stock gaskets have metal in them...BTW It takes 3 weeks for any aftermarkets to get here..I dunno if it makes a difference but I blocked the EGR ports from the heads(using Felpro 1206)so the intake should be cooler(?)
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I got my SLP siamesed runners used, and didn't have any gaskets for them, so I made them out of the blue paper gasket material that you buy in sheets. Apparently it sealed ok, as I don't appear to have any vacuum leaks. Making the gaskets was a real PITA though, it took me at least an hour. You could always order aftermarket gaskets. I know SLP sells them separately, and Accel and Edelbrock might also. But price-wise, it'cheapest to cut your own.
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Mr. Gasket sells large mouth gaskets, probably for 1/2 what TPIS charges. They have a 1.75" diameter, so they're a good match for the accel runners as well as the SLP runners with a snip of the scissors. Summit usually stocks them too.
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Originally posted by ImportsRsloths
If your custom "cork" gasket cutting skills are anything close to your skills in making your custom signature, Id steer real clear from making those gaskets!!!!!
If your custom "cork" gasket cutting skills are anything close to your skills in making your custom signature, Id steer real clear from making those gaskets!!!!!
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