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Old Jul 30, 2015 | 10:06 AM
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Im headed home in a few weeks to finish up my turbo build. This might be a stupid question but i haven't seen it covered at all, is everyone just bolting their turbo up metal on metal or are you guys using some type of gasket? Either a paper one or a liquid kind? Sorry if this is a dumb question
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You can get a gasket for it but most here reccomend copper gasket maker instead.
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File flat and nothing
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I'm using gaskets with a little copper sprayed on
Haven't had any issues yet
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High Temp Copper RTV
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Originally Posted by rotary1307cc
File flat and nothing
Tried and tested and always works.
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I run cheap metal gaskets from eBay
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File flat and nothing
Exactly what we do....^^^^
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Alright great thanks guys. Ill most likely file flat and let it rip! Just need to wrap hotside and tune this bitch!
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