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Quick Bassani question
I have heard you need to use a donut gasket with the bassani y pipe if you are useing stock manifolds. since there isn't a gasket there stock where and what size should I get. I called bassani to ask and at first the guy insisted that they don't make a y pipe for a bronco with a 351, then he said since your stock exhaust is a ball and socket anyway I shouldn't need a gasket, but I don't know if i believe him. Has anyone used the y pipe and stock manifolds? what did you end up doing?
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if your having leaks or trying to avoid them, , you can coat that connection with high temp copper rtv . it seals good . try not to gti it down inside the pipe , it just takes a light coating , good luck,bob
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Re: Quick Bassani question
Originally posted by NJbronco138
I have heard you need to use a donut gasket with the bassani y pipe if you are useing stock manifolds. since there isn't a gasket there stock where and what size should I get. I called bassani to ask and at first the guy insisted that they don't make a y pipe for a bronco with a 351, then he said since your stock exhaust is a ball and socket anyway I shouldn't need a gasket, but I don't know if i believe him. Has anyone used the y pipe and stock manifolds? what did you end up doing?
I have heard you need to use a donut gasket with the bassani y pipe if you are useing stock manifolds. since there isn't a gasket there stock where and what size should I get. I called bassani to ask and at first the guy insisted that they don't make a y pipe for a bronco with a 351, then he said since your stock exhaust is a ball and socket anyway I shouldn't need a gasket, but I don't know if i believe him. Has anyone used the y pipe and stock manifolds? what did you end up doing?
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yes the guy was from bassani. I have the ypipe in my garage I haven't gone through all the stuff, so I will see if they came with the thing that No BS mentioned. Now what I can't understand is how they say it fit the stock manifolds if the sizes are so different and they don't mate. Rich did you y pipe come with an adapter thing? Would you know what size donut gasket to get? I remmeber you saying when you did you exhaust that there was a donut gasket on your old stuff do you remmeber what size it was? I want to get all the stuff I need before I take off anything. I don't know if i want to call Bassani again because I am afraid I will get the same guy.
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Oh, forgot to I asked about gaskets from bassani and he said that if your stock exhaust is a ball and socket that you won't need gaskets.
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Hmm, I dont think they came with any of those donuts. Even at the tighest point, I dont believe that they will work. There arent donut gaskets in there stock (I belive Greystreak92 said he had gaskets in there when he added his Y pipe). If you get a measurement of the opening of the Y pipe, I can measure the cup on the stock manifolds I have here (351). That way, you should be able to purchase that gasket at a parts store.
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yeah, maybe it was greystreak. I'm not sure I understand what won't work, the ypipe? If you could measure the manifold that would be great. I think I will maybe call back Bassani on monday and hope I don't get that guy again, so I can find out exactly what I need to do.
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