a good home made exhaust gasket
 

what would make a good home made exhaust gasket, where the downpipe meets the exhaust? thnx

Re:a good home made exhaust gasket
 

sheet metal

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nothing.

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I would try sheet metal with some copper spray.

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don't use sheet metal anywhere near the exhaust manifold. It might work on the lower half of the downpipe but not where it gets really hot.

Re:a good home made exhaust gasket
 

just cut the flange off and get a piece of flex pipe and clamp it onto both ends. it will prolly wear out in a year or so, but it will take stress off of the manifold/turbo setup.

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good idea to use the flex pipe. if u dont want to use clamps and want to have have everthing welded u can use the flex pipe and use some type of a 3 bolt joint, weld it up and and then u can unbolt ur dp from the rest of the exhaust. www.summitracing.com

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why not get some gasket material from an auto parts store and make one from that? The kind with cardboard over the metal core.

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Have you ever tired to weld flexpipe? it is paper thing almost and welds like ----. Clamp it....it isn't worth the time to weld, not to mention when you go to pull that ---- back apart, it is just loosening the clamps.

Re:a good home made exhaust gasket
 

thought u were talking about something like this http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=33633

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---- naw...thats way too much $ to spend...this is hmt y0 ;)

im saying a cheap piece something like this

http://www.zimmermann-models.com/Zim...s/flexpipe.jpg


they are like $5-6 bucks and you get a clamp wtih it so you only need 1 more clamp :)

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in that case... clamps :)

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yeah good idea, this is HMT.com, so,... were all a bunch ro broke asses, i was gonna go try come liquid gfasket, but again,.. im broke,... well ima try the cheap flex pipe see how it works,.. thnx for the help

Re:a good home made exhaust gasket
 

Did you check to see how much an exhaust donut gasket is, you should be able to get one just as cheap as the flex pipe?!? ???

Re:a good home made exhaust gasket
 

why would you want to make a home made gasket? exhaust gasket material is like 3 cents a cubic inch. its thick, metal, and it works good in between my turbo and downpipe. :-\

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quick and easy DIY. I assume you were directing that to me?

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wouldnt it be easier to spend like the $3.00 if that to buy the gasket?

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yea, I was talking about the same stuff you were, metal with carboard over top. I could never find it so I use to use old licsence plates. But since I found the material, my life has been turned around ;D