header gaskets

[gnkid1987]

Who makes the best header gaskets? I just installed ta headers a year ago and I have a leak already I used the gaskets the came with. What what kind of gaskets do u guys use?

Thanks
ray

 

[TR Custom Parts]

We sell a lot of these. Gaskets :smile:

 

[hiboom]

gaskets

I like these Percy's high performance Seal for Good reusable gaskets last set you'll have to buy!

 

[MSDGN]

I prefer the SCE copper gaskets with a little copper RTV

 

[WhiteTtype989]

I prefer the SCE copper gaskets with a little copper RTV

X2 Have reused them with no issues.

 

[Rodney87GN]

I do not use any gaskets...make sure your flanges are perfectly flat first!

I have stainless steel TA knockoff headers that is sold by a few vendors. After a about a year and many heat cycles the flanges were not flat anymore. I went through Felpro 1400 header gaskets every few months.

I had a machine shop make them perfectly flat again. Now I just smear some high temp RTV around the exhaust ports to seal it up. No more gaskets to fail, no more leaks.

If you machine the flanges flat and then use a gasket again, you risk warping the flanges again. Thats what I've read, anyway....and if you think about it it makes sense.:smile: Just remember the factory did not use any gaskets on the stock headers.

I have heard good things about those Remflex gaskets but never got to use them.

 

[gnkid1987]

Thanks guys i will check them out. i had my headers for 2 years and just started leaking this spring.

 

[gnkid1987]

X2 Have reused them with no issues.

the little indvisual ones or the normal one piece ones?