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Old 11-29-2005, 11:56 PM
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I got mine at autozone for 16 bucks, and there are no leaks yet. PM whynot he bought em for me. There good gaskets.
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What are the best header gaskets I can buy? I know Fel-Pro is good and I think I remember hearing that copper gaskets work good. What are you all using and where is the cheapest place to buy them?
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i used a mr gasket header gasket. no leaks yet. got it from autozone for like 25 i think
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I'm using Earl's Pressure Master Gaskets on my headers. Great gaskets IMO.

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It's FelPro for me.
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Earl's for me. Lost three header bolts on the same side once after going to the track and had no leaks. Great gaskets.
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I have Percy's on my daily driver. (No header leaks)
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I have copper. I like 'em. I know if I ever have to take them off I can reuse 'em.
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Originally Posted by hvyss
Earl's for me. Lost three header bolts on the same side once after going to the track and had no leaks. Great gaskets.
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Yeap. I'm still running my driver's side header leak free even though the last exhaust port has one of the old manifold bolts broken off inside of the head. Darn LT1 and its weak exhaust manifold bolts.
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Where did you guys get your Earl gaskets from? Do you remember the part #?
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These are the D-port ones I bought from Summit. I'm not sure if the cast heads use a different exhaust port than your AL heads.
http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku
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Originally Posted by dhdenney
I have copper. I like 'em. I know if I ever have to take them off I can reuse 'em.
Same here..........
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I use Percy's Ultra soft aluminum gaskets, they are nice...and leak free.
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Thanks a lot guys. I think I am gonna go with Percy's
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any guys with iron head cars that have an opinion on this? i need new gaskets for my 94 iron headed b-body with steel headers.



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