Felpro gasket problems?
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Launching!
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From: Academy,Tx (home of temple/academy Drag Strip)
Felpro gasket problems? I have a 96 trans am and just did a LT header job, well tried copper gaskets and they SUCK, then i went and got some felpro 1470 gaskets, and the passenger side gasket sealed up perfectly and the driver side gasket sealed up except the middle ports are leaking, i loosened the header back up and re torqued them and it is still leaking , what can i do, or should i get earls gasket? anyone know what to do?
yeah i have the same problem on my motor. and yeah copper blows...literally..but anyways what happened is from the leaking *** copper gaskets allowed so much hot air passed them that it warped the flange from the intense heat. what i spent most of the day today doing is taking them off and using a flat file to get the weld o rings on the flange totally flat. its about all you can do.also is a good idea to run the file on the head exhaust surface too.
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Launching!
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From: Academy,Tx (home of temple/academy Drag Strip)
i dont know , but i used the copper ones and EVERY PORT HOLE LEAKED BAD on both sides and i switched them out for felpro1470 and the passenger side sealed up perfectly and the driver side sealed up except the middle port on the bottom of the flange
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I have a 96 trans am and just did a LT header job, well tried copper gaskets and they SUCK, then i went and got some felpro 1470 gaskets, and the passenger side gasket sealed up perfectly and the driver side gasket sealed up except the middle ports are leaking, i loosened the header back up and re torqued them and it is still leaking , what can i do, or should i get earls gasket? anyone know what to do?
head and lay a straight-edge across the flange - you probably have a low spot on
the flange in the center.
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Launching!
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From: Academy,Tx (home of temple/academy Drag Strip)
HEADER PROBLEM SOLVED !!!!!! Yall aint gonna beleive this **** but whenever i did my header install my buddy, who has an air bag truck and did all his suspension work, well i figured he knew what he was doin, well anyways he helped me install my headers and he did the driver side spark plug, well he cross threaded the 2nd spark plug and it barely went it like 1/4 of an inch so all the exhaust was blowing by the spark plug the whole freaking time!!! so i took it out and it wasnt striped out and i put it back in and exhaust leak FIXED !!! WWWOOO HOOOO sorry everyone for yall having to bare with me through this but thanks to everyone !!!
