Thicker Header Gaskets??

[92CHB]

I was wondering if there is any company that makes thick header gaskets? My flange on my turbo manifold is slightly warped and i tried too straighting it out with a torch, which did help alot but now there is just some slight warpage still. I was just wondering if anyone knew of a thick gasket for between the manifold and head other than the thin copper stock ones. Can any one help me ASAP!!! I wanna get my porject done soon! THANKS!

 

[reckedracing]

not that i know of...

lathe it...

what kind of flange or manifold is it that warped?
ss?

 

[92CHB]

Originally posted by reckedracing@Apr 6 2005, 04:41 PM
not that i know of...

lathe it...

what kind of flange or manifold is it that warped?
ss?

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No its mild steel, I need like a gasket about 1/16" thick or so. I have a 3 bolt 3" Mr. gasket gasket for another part of my exhaust and i was using it to gauge the thickness I need and it's about what i need. Oh when you said lathe did you mean mill?

 

[reckedracing]

no, by ss i meant is it an ssautojunk manifold...

1/16 is quite a lot when it comes to metal and clearances...
its huge actually....
damn, bye bye exhaust studs when you try and torque that true...

and yea, lathe/mill you know what i was saying

 

[92CHB]

Originally posted by reckedracing@Apr 6 2005, 05:06 PM
no, by ss i meant is it an ssautojunk manifold...

1/16 is quite a lot when it comes to metal and clearances...
its huge actually....
damn, bye bye exhaust studs when you try and torque that true...

and yea, lathe/mill you know what i was saying

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...no its not SSAUTOCRAP . It's a manifold i built but the head flanged warped from welding.....I guess its a lost cause

 

[reckedracing]

ooh man, that sucks dude

what was its thickness that it warped?

were you laying really high heat beads or something? like too much for normal welding penetration?

i would advise the milling/lathing...

or you could try using a couple exhaust gaskets...
i know they are normally 3 layers ish, so you could try to double the gasket or something?
or search for high heat gasket material?

anything other than junking the mani man...

 

[phunky.buddha]

You usually resurface the head flange after welding the runners onto it... take it to a machine shop and have it done. The process usually only costs about $40, and that's cheaper than getting a custom gasket and then constantly replacing it or other things that break because you have a warped flange that's leaking boost...

 

[posol]

mill the flange flat.

 

[92CHB]

Okay I'll give a couple local machine shops a call. Thanks for the help!