BGRA Gasket?
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BGRA Gasket? Sometime this last fall I debaffled my hood on my WS6, but I never sealed it. I was working on making a gasket kind of thing out of styrofoam (the kind used for insulation) and then coating it with a rubber spray from Lowes or something, but that seems like it would be a pain, and I saw the BGRA gasket is only $24. I was planning on getting the nostril corner things anyway. Does anyone know how well that gasket works? Or if it would be worth getting? Also, does anyone know about the BGRA rain blocker plate? Does it work if you just debaffled the hood and don't actually have the BGRA kit? Thanks 
Those ^ are the main questions I would like answered, you can read this too if you want though.
I'm kinda excited to get back to the track this spring. I went for the first time ever this last fall and ran a 13.1@106, before debaffling my hood and doing the LS6/Ported TB swap. I'm sure I'll drop below 13 and go higher in mph, but I'm curious to see how the street compares to the track. I say that because there is one certain sign on my road (I think google earth measured up at .19 mi. from the main rd.) that when I pull off of the main road and step on it I used to get about 103-104mph as I would go by it, around the time of when I went to the track. After I did the LS6/TB swap I would get about 105-106, and then after I debaffled my hood it was about 106-107. So I'm sure I'll drop into the 12s and probably gain at least 3-4mph, so maybe somewhere from 12.9@109 to 12.8@110 I'm hoping. What do you think?
Those ^ are the main questions I would like answered, you can read this too if you want though.
I'm kinda excited to get back to the track this spring. I went for the first time ever this last fall and ran a 13.1@106, before debaffling my hood and doing the LS6/Ported TB swap. I'm sure I'll drop below 13 and go higher in mph, but I'm curious to see how the street compares to the track. I say that because there is one certain sign on my road (I think google earth measured up at .19 mi. from the main rd.) that when I pull off of the main road and step on it I used to get about 103-104mph as I would go by it, around the time of when I went to the track. After I did the LS6/TB swap I would get about 105-106, and then after I debaffled my hood it was about 106-107. So I'm sure I'll drop into the 12s and probably gain at least 3-4mph, so maybe somewhere from 12.9@109 to 12.8@110 I'm hoping
. What do you think? The gasket is high quality and well designed and the rain baffle works well. But these parts are meant to be used with the rest of the kit. Don't see how you can make them work without the other parts of the kit to to snap them in.
I bought two of the gaskets from Afterthoughts a few months ago to try and fabricate a way for them to seal the hood to the airbox. Here is what I ran into...just using one gasket wont seal it. Still like 3/8" gap between hood and airbox. So I used some good double sided tape and cut strips to adhere both gaskets together. It holds very well. Cut small pieces of double sided tape in squares to temporarily hold the gasket to the hood so I could close the hood and peek thru the side front of the hood to see if it sealed. It is now too thick 
I could close the hood with some force but I wasnt comfortable with it. So I started to trim the black gasket with a razor blade to make it thinner. It is a bitch to cut even with a new blade. It doesnt cut very easy. I did trim all of it back some. I then stopped because winter hit and the car is sitting covered in the garage.
I have $50 in to this now so I will find a way to make it work when the weather gets warmer. Once I get the thickness correct I will fabricate a way to put screws thru the gasket to mount it inside the hood.
It can be done with two gaskets but you are going to have to put some thought and work into it.
I could close the hood with some force but I wasnt comfortable with it. So I started to trim the black gasket with a razor blade to make it thinner. It is a bitch to cut even with a new blade. It doesnt cut very easy. I did trim all of it back some. I then stopped because winter hit and the car is sitting covered in the garage.I have $50 in to this now so I will find a way to make it work when the weather gets warmer. Once I get the thickness correct I will fabricate a way to put screws thru the gasket to mount it inside the hood.
It can be done with two gaskets but you are going to have to put some thought and work into it.
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Well I already spent a couple hours cutting the exact right shape out of some insulation styrofoam and I just got some liquid rubber(like to make your own grips on tool handles) and I think I'm going to try to coat it with that and them stick it in there before I try to mess with the BGRA if it isn't the right size right from the factory. I might have to shave down one side of the styorofoam a little if the rubber gets thick, but I think it will work. Then I'm planning on getting some good glue and sticking it to the hood.
Here is the progress I made before winter hit......
Double sided tape with one laying upside down. There is a hard plastic backing on one side with two screws already there
Both ride side up............
Double sided tape on the plastic back of one gasket.....
Both stuck together with tape....this is a little too thick right now. I have since started trimming back the black gasket thickness to fit.
Small double sided tape to stick temporarily on to hood for fitment check.
Once I get the thickness correct it will be easy to mount with small sheet metal screws to the hood where the rivets were drilled out. I will finish it up in the spring. It is a perfect fit around the opening under the hood.
Double sided tape with one laying upside down. There is a hard plastic backing on one side with two screws already there
Both ride side up............
Double sided tape on the plastic back of one gasket.....
Both stuck together with tape....this is a little too thick right now. I have since started trimming back the black gasket thickness to fit.
Small double sided tape to stick temporarily on to hood for fitment check.
Once I get the thickness correct it will be easy to mount with small sheet metal screws to the hood where the rivets were drilled out. I will finish it up in the spring. It is a perfect fit around the opening under the hood.
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Ok, that doesn't look bad actually. I'll probably try that if my idea doesn't work(since I already bought the stuff for it). Hey, do you by any chance if the nostril corner pieces work on the cars without having the actual BGRA system installed? Or does it hook on to the other plastic parts somehow?
Thanks again.
Thanks again.
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