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Old Aug 29, 2005 | 09:52 PM
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Im putting my pacesetter long tubes on this saturday and am on ls1speed right now deciding on which gaskets to buy? gm steel header gaskets or those percy no leak gaskets? Oh and for the o2 extensions do i need square or flat plug connectors?
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Im putting my pacesetter long tubes on this saturday and am on ls1speed right now deciding on which gaskets to buy? gm steel header gaskets or those percy no leak gaskets? Oh and for the o2 extensions do i need square or flat plug connectors?
belive it or not in my experience with various amount of header gaskets.... nothing beats the ol stock GM manifold gaskets....

Square plug.....
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GM steel gaskets I would say...
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Yeah i recently put Pacesetter LT's in my 98z i purchased a pair of gm gaskets 20 bucks for the pair.
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When I put my headers in I just reused the stock gaskets w/60k on them. No problems at all.
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IMO, GM Stock replacements are the only way to go.
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