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Old 10-30-2006, 04:00 PM
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Where can i get better metal gaskets for pacesetter headers ? can i reuse my old bolts with this gasket ? Thanks for any info you can give me
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Just reuse your stock gaskets, or get some from a GM dealer. Dont use the paper Pacestter ones. You can reuse you stock bolts if you want. I used the supplied bolts. Good Luck. Youll be happy.
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i went an bought some fel pro gaskets from advance auto parts, and ya you can use the old bolts just let them soak in wd-40!!
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you can reuse your old bolts if they are the right length but i would get some new ones if they are pretty old. you can use a felpro gasket from autozone and they will work just fine. the gaskets that come wtih the headers are junk,i just threw them away.
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I heard the copper gaskets were good ones. maybe not as good as stock. But I dont know why people call them junk.
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Pacesetter comes with cheap paper gaskets that get stuck on the header when you eventually pull the headers off, making it a pita to remove.
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I used my stock ones. I dont know why Pacesetters gave us those paper gaskets. Well it's been over a year and I've had no problems. ThanX!
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there are many good companies selling them..just make sure they are metal/copper. I bought PERCY's.
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well I got mine from Texas speed and I got copper gaskets. So maybe they are different gaskets we were talking about.
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Just bought and installed Pacesetter headers and it came with copper gaskets, not paper. I hear the copper ones are good to use, but I reused the stock gaskets anyway. I didn't bother with the old bolts. Bought Stage 8 locking header bolts instead.
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Percy's seal-4-good are the only way to go besides stockers.

Stock bolts are fine, just clean up the threads and use some never-sieze. Check them for tightness after a few hundred miles too.
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Originally Posted by ss1129
Pacesetter comes with cheap paper gaskets that get stuck on the header when you eventually pull the headers off, making it a pita to remove.
Dean, got the tranny in yet? Ill have the headers in this weekend!! then its on to maybe a 32--3400 stall and putting on the new hood!
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I also just got my Pacesetters from TSP and they came with some good looking copper gaskets. I had already bought some gaskets from the dealer but I havent opened them yet. Now I am debating which ones to use? Obviously I cant go wrong with the stock ones but the copper ones are pretty thick and look good.
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Originally Posted by gyrene2003
Dean, got the tranny in yet? Ill have the headers in this weekend!! then its on to maybe a 32--3400 stall and putting on the new hood!

Everything is done but the actually trans install. Just waiting till it gets here. Should be running wednesday.
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yeah, im already bored with the idea of just headers and thier not even in yet!! I want a stall so bad i can taste it now!!!


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