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Old 02-03-2009, 01:50 AM
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hey everyone, im about to do a LS6 intake swap and wanted to know if i could re use my LS1 intake port gaskets? if not where could i get it? when i bought the intake from a user on here it came with non. thanks
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on some you can you just have to watch out i dont know for sure but the intake gaskets on some of the later LS series intakes have a little stubby part on the top right portion of each gasket like a nipple sticking out, if you look up pics of the LS1 intake compare to the LS2 intake youll see what i mean, as long as the LS6 doesn't have those little nipples your good.
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I reused my stock gaskets when I put the FAST 90/90 on my car a while back. You can get them from the parts store for about $30.
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I would get new ones, I have reused in the past with sucsess but I also have had a vac leak and had to take the intake back off the same day it went on the car. So I spend a little extra and do it once.
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get some new ones. whats 30 or 40 dollars when they could leak, and you would have to spend time taking the intake back off to fix it. thats a no brainer...
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You can re-use them. I'd rather just buy new ones, they're cheap
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thanks for the replys guys,i appreciate it. so in the parts store is it called "manifold port gaskets"?
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I'd ask for an "intake manifold gasket set"
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Fel Pro intake manifold gaskets. I got mine from O'Reily auto parts. 1/3 of the price of the GM gaskets and comes with the 2 foam replacement pieces too. GM won't give you those wiith their gaskets.
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alright thanks guys imma go get me a set right now, thanks.



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