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Old Jul 24, 2005 | 07:36 PM
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Header gaskets

Afreind of mine says he has replaced the gsakets on his headers 3 times and my son is coming over this week to replace his. What have you guys used that worked the best.
 
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Old Jul 24, 2005 | 07:45 PM
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When mine did that, it was because the header flanges weren't flat. Had them machined, installed the stock gasket, retorqued twice. Did the trick. 13,000 miles and no leaks so far.
 
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Old Jul 24, 2005 | 08:30 PM
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Had lots of leaks with the copper gaskets on my 460/Sanderson combo. Went with hi temp silicone per advice on the 460 forum. Have only about 3 miles on it but a lot of running and starting. No leaks yet.
 
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Old Jul 24, 2005 | 09:23 PM
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Anyone else here cut the webbing out from in between each runner?
 
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