Well here i am in my home town of Gardner, KS with my srt up on jacks...
I drove from San Diego to Kansas to race at my home town track of HPT this thursday during there test and tune, then i plan to run this saturday with my brother in-law who is an avid racer. A couple days before i left San Diego i noticed i might have an exhaust leak by my manifold... i got in to town yesterday and tore the car down, found the leak at the o2 housing to manifold gasket, well its an Maxxfab 3in o2 housing so a stock gasket wont work, i checked all the parts stores and no dice on a replacement (go figure right?) Well my question is there any local performance shops that have high temp 3in flange gaskets?
Well here i am in my home town of Gardner, KS with my srt up on jacks...
I drove from San Diego to Kansas to race at my home town track of HPT this thursday during there test and tune, then i plan to run this saturday with my brother in-law who is an avid racer. A couple days before i left San Diego i noticed i might have an exhaust leak by my manifold... i got in to town yesterday and tore the car down, found the leak at the o2 housing to manifold gasket, well its an Maxxfab 3in o2 housing so a stock gasket wont work, i checked all the parts stores and no dice on a replacement (go figure right?) Well my question is there any local performance shops that have high temp 3in flange gaskets?
Yo, whats up! I am in Gardner, Kansas too!
You don't need a flange gasket. All you need is the Copper RTV Spray A Gasket. Put a nice thin layer on there and connect it to the manifold. Check out the Maxxfab site or the vendor thread if you don't believe me...
Hey man, yeh i thought about just using some copper spray but i was a little nerves about doing that, i dont really know of anyone who has used it. Im still doing some research on it and got a couple people to call. I take it you did yours like that, have you had any problems with it? By the way my names Ty.
Ok well im tired of reading... ill pick up some copper spray tomorrow and have the car up and running, thanks for the advise... i wish i had learned all this yesterday, when i had my dads help, oh well live and learn...
Yes. I actually had a cool local performance shop install my entire exhaust for me for a great price. I brought the copper spray a gasket with me. Permatex offers it, they actually have it at Autozone in town if you are still out here.
PM the Maxxfab guys. I remember them telling me they originally used a paper copper gasket on their silver SRT-4 that was featured in sport compact mag I believe, and they kept having problems with it eatin' it up. So they used the copper spray a gasket and it holds up fine.
I have had miy 3'' 02 housing on for almost a year now. And it seems fine. I don;t know how you can tell if its leaking or not.
Yah i read all that yesterday, i really didnt even give that copper spray a gasket very much thought, But i picked some up and used it, it will probably work better then the way i had it, shes running much better now, i let my dad drive her and he was like this things faster than what i thought it would be, man that second gear pulls.... Thanks man, i cant wait to get her on the track.
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this things faster than what i thought it would be, man that second gear pulls.... Thanks man, i cant wait to get her on the track.
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