i just finished my rebuild but now im on the turbo part of the project......so im tryin to figure out if i even need gaskets for my turbo stuff i've been searchin (on another site that will remain nameless) and have gotten mixed responses so i wanna know what the fellow hmt er's are doing about gaskets....do you use them or not??


the gaskets/area im asking about are: t3 to bmc adapter(new) to hf mani. .............and the exhaust to down pipe

 

i am going to use mine. 14b to hf mani. i got the gasket for the 14b. its a double layer copper gasket. but ill just get the hf mani gasket from either a honda dealer, or maybe napa.

 

only gasket I use is an exhaust manifold gasket. I don't use a gasket between the turbo and manifold, i also dont use one between the turbo and downpipe.....I highly reccomend using

PERMATEX® ULTRA COPPER® Hi-Temp RTV Silicone Gasket Maker

It works great....never had a problem

 

when i built my last setup

exhaust gasket -----> hf manifold
hf manifold ----------> hf gasket
hf gasket ------------> hf-2-ihi adapter
hf-2-ihi adapter ----> ihi rhb5 gasket
ihi rhb5 gasket -----> ihi rhb5 turbo
ihi rhb5 turbo -------> ihi exhaust gasket
ihi exhaust gasket --> Downpipe

 

damn so 2 out of 3 use gaskets?

 

Better to be safe than sorry....My first setup I didn't have the rhb5 to adapter plate gasket....it leaked like a mother.....then I had to take it out again could not find a replacement gasket, the dealer wanted 2 weeks to deliver it, so I tried using some gasket material. That burned off. So I had to take it out again, tried using some high temp silicone gasket maker. No worky. So I ended up having to wait for the gasket anyways and had to take out the turbo 3 or 4 times.

Gaskets are made for a reason, if you are still piecing stuff together, just order it, if it is preventing you from finishing, then try a high temp silicone, use a lot, and see how it goes.

 

i used the high temp silicone on my first setup without a problem, but i'd like to get gaskets for the next one.

 

i always use gaskets. always

 

We're using all of the gaskets on chris's turbo accord project.

 

I use gaskets where its applicable assisted with permatex copper. and the copper rtv where I cant get a gasket for.