What the best intake gasket for M1 install?
What the best intake gasket for M1 install?
Only if you know how to put em on.
11.27 @ 118.232017 NM Mopar Challenge Series Champion
99 DA CC R/T
13.97@100 w/modded kegger & ported TB
12.96 @103
10:8-1 .30 over forged bottom end
R/T ported heads
Detroit locker 4:56 gears
Built 46RE MSaine 3500 stall Ultra Billet
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99 DA CC R/T
13.97@100 w/modded kegger & ported TB
12.96 @103
10:8-1 .30 over forged bottom end
R/T ported heads
Detroit locker 4:56 gears
Built 46RE MSaine 3500 stall Ultra Billet
http://imgur.com/a/lOVuZ
I don't care for the china wall gaskets. Some "Great Stuff" is better IMO.
Those rubber gaskets are ok if you are running all factory, non machined components, but I wouldn't trust them to be adequate if any variation existed.
Keep in mind, most of us didn’t/don’t use the front rear rubber gaskets
I have four bolts with the heads cut off so I can drop the intake straight down. RTV on both ends.
But I also use a gasket sealer to glue the gaskets to the heads, let it dry and trim the gasket out of the intake ports, the install the manifold.
Little trick I learned at the track, my intake was leaking a little oil from the front, a guy said clean the area with brake cleaner and compressed air, I mean really clean it, squirt some RTV into the area where it was leaking, stick a shop vac over the oil filler in the valve cover and watch the RTV get sucked into the crack. Bingo.
Now, after I install my Indy Intake I do the same thing all around the edges using a cigarette for smoke to see if I have a leak anywhere.
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I have four bolts with the heads cut off so I can drop the intake straight down. RTV on both ends.
But I also use a gasket sealer to glue the gaskets to the heads, let it dry and trim the gasket out of the intake ports, the install the manifold.
Adobedude, have you looked into ARP 351 Windsor intake stud kit?. The # count is the same and I think they are the same length.used them back in my ford days ( last century ) for the same reason. Straight drop onto heads.
Love the vacuum drawing idea.