hello fellas. I have some interesting info for you. So I’ve been chasing my tail on my turbo system. Runs good. Works good but I couldn’t get over 6 psi. I always thought I could hear an exhaust leak. I thought it was the rear cylinder on my turbo manifold. Well I got under the car Friday night and low and behold, my v band wasn’t on all the way and it was bent up. Took the v band off. Noticed the flange is slightly not so flat either. I really don’t feel like taking this all apart again so I thought I’d try a v band gasket. Sounds easy? Well finding a 2.5 and 3” isn’t so hard but a 2.25 is extremely hard to find. I found one for like $55 shipped and it was from Australia or something. Yea, umm no. Way too much money especially if I take it off and have to replace it. Then I say a seller on eback that makes copper gaskets. Reading the description he says he can custom make. So I messaged him. I now have a custom 2.25 v band gasket being made for me. For a whopping $8 shipped. The gaskets are actually only $5 each. I have a v band with a step so it’s actually a tad bigger than 2.25. Has anyone tried something like this? It’s .030 thick and he can make it as thin or thick as I want. He wanted to know if he should offer that size but I told him wait till I test mine out.

yea I didn’t want to waste my time with copper sealant. I like a more elegant and permanent solution

coppergasket63 tell him I sent you. He can make you whatever you want.

cometic will make you custom gaskets also. I wonder if I should just get some graphite gaskets. I’m sure they will seal better than copper. I wonder if this guy could cut them out of the graphite material. I may message him. I could always do it by hand tho.

i ordered some anyways. Could always use some.

yea pretty much the same thing with the copper too I’d think.

he sent me instructions on how to anneal the gasket yesterday. When I get it I’ll let you know how it works. If it does not seal good enough I’ll see if he can cut them out of graphite material.

Awww yea! My v band and copper gasket is showing out for delivery today. We about to see how good this works!

i already annealed it. I heated it red hot and dropped it evenly in water. It’s way softer now. Neat.

Update. Got the gasket installed and new v band clamp today. Fit perfectly, the gasket wasn’t too thick to cause and issuers and now my leak is definitely fixed. The car sounds so much quieter, didn’t realize how much I was hearing the leak because it wasn’t ticking like a header gasket.