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Old Jul 13, 2010 | 03:04 AM
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I haven't looked much through this forum to see if there is much opinion on this but I was wondering what opinions to type or brand of gaskets used in after market header installs. It's on a 2001 z28.

I haven't seen much as far as copper gaskets for these cars, I got copper ones for my iroc-z because I was told they were the best. The paper ones fell apart when I had to pull the headers.


I got hooker headers and I'm kind of thinking if I use the cheap gaskets it came with I might regret it so that's basically why I am asking.

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Old Jul 13, 2010 | 03:35 AM
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GM MLS gasket
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Old Jul 13, 2010 | 04:14 AM
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Reuse stock metal if you have lower than like 60k... I would just reuse for sure if they are in good shape though.
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Old Jul 13, 2010 | 06:13 AM
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Gm...
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Old Jul 13, 2010 | 10:39 AM
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The GM MLS gaskets are the best. And as already stated, if they are in good shape, you can re-use them with no issue.
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Old Jul 13, 2010 | 11:44 AM
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GM or Percy's
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Old Jul 13, 2010 | 01:59 PM
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Ok, thanks

The car has 113k so ill probably just buy some new ones, its not that expensive if it will decrease problems.
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Old Jul 13, 2010 | 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by 86zcamaro
Ok, thanks

The car has 113k so ill probably just buy some new ones, its not that expensive if it will decrease problems.

IIRC less than $20
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I've always used the stock gaskets like everyone else


The Kooks gaskets that they send with their headers are pretty awesome too
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Old Jul 14, 2010 | 12:03 AM
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I got hooker headers that came with gaskets but I think im going to get some gm replacement ones.

I had enough fun with my iroc with gaskets kind of want to avoid that problem this time.

Thanks for the suggestions.
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The paper gaskets that Hooker sends are trash
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Originally Posted by Z28/2002
The paper gaskets that Hooker sends are trash
Agreed. When I helped a buddy put his Hooker headers on we opted to reuse the stockers.....
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