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header gaskets Posted By: jjdynomite 
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08-05-2008 @ 15:36:39 Reply | Edit
what gaskets are you guys using? Ive blown out 2 sets of fel-pro's and the crap ones that came with my pacesetters. --  Posted By: mystic95cam On: 08-05-2008 @ 15:41:17 Reply | Top | Edit Percy's dead soft. The one header that has all the bolts in it seals up great. haha -- Steven, 96 Z28, member since 2001. Posted By: fergymoto On: 08-05-2008 @ 15:47:03 Reply | Top | Edit Get some Percy's aluminum gaskets. They are reusable too. -- 
1997 Trans Am WS6 --- 7.58 @ 90MPH 1.65 60' in the 1/8th My Vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plrwEHkL134 Posted By: jjdynomite
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08-05-2008 @ 15:51:07 Reply | Top | Edit
Sux, I only get about an oil change out of these fel-pros. You guys have any part numbers fer the Percy's? -- Posted By: mystic95cam On: 08-05-2008 @ 22:26:58 Reply | Top | Edit Search for them on Jegs.com. They're pretty cheap too. -- Steven, 96 Z28, member since 2001. Posted By: fergymoto On: 08-06-2008 @ 00:17:43 Reply | Top | Edit http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?autofilter=1&part=PHP%2D66031&N=700+4294925237+4294886211+400251+4294904129+4294886122+115&autoview=sku --
1997 Trans Am WS6 --- 7.58 @ 90MPH 1.65 60' in the 1/8th My Vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plrwEHkL134 Posted By: jjdynomite
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08-06-2008 @ 08:22:04 Reply | Top | Edit
Thanks guys, -- Posted By: ledzppn69 On: 08-14-2008 @ 10:14:32 Reply | Top | Edit not sure what all the rage is about those percy's gaskets... i got them and there was about 20 layers... you can't tell where an actual entire gasket starts and where it ends... so I just returned them. -- 93 z28, stalled and bolted, 1 of 17,850, super rare  Posted By: jjdynomite
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08-14-2008 @ 10:44:17 Reply | Top | Edit
Anythings gotta be better than a blown gasket every couple thousand miles. I ordered a set of the percy's, new bolts and another set of the fel-pro's. hopefully something works this time.  -- [ Edited on 08/14/2008 @ 10:44:47 ] Posted By: fergymoto On: 08-14-2008 @ 12:51:52 Reply | Top | Edit There's 3 layers on each gasket. What's so complicated about that? --
1997 Trans Am WS6 --- 7.58 @ 90MPH 1.65 60' in the 1/8th My Vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plrwEHkL134 Posted By: 96zebra28 On: 08-14-2008 @ 16:07:16 Reply | Top | Edit Sorry for the long post... Just thought I'd add this about headers and gaskets. I have JetHot LTs (same as Hooker LTs), and about 2 years after they had been on there I noticed exahaust residue on the heads below some of the ports. So I decided to replace the gaskets. Well, after taking the old gaskets out, I noticed that there is basically no flange to head contact on the bottom of each port. I know this because the black soot on the header side of the gasket went to the edge of the gasket. I searched the intenet for info and called JetHot to no avail. So I removed the headers, slotted the bolt holes about 3/16 inch down, and added material to the top of each bolt hole. I then smoothed the welds round and re-installed the headers. I notice a lot less weird noise and the engine runs smoother. Plus, I planned the slotting out so that the collectors tuck in much better than before. About 1/2" closer to the car. The problem is that 1.75" tubes on LT1 heads are fine if the manufacturers took the time to make the bolt holes in the right location. The looseness of the holes is enough so that you could hold the headers up and then tighten the bolts and be leak free, but not in every case. I use the fel-pro header gaskets and some ARP bolts with 5/16 six-point heads and re-installing the headers was easier than the supplied bolts. Just some info I thought I'd pass along. -- 
1996 Z28 M6: modified. 
Posted By: ledzppn69 On: 08-15-2008 @ 00:48:28 Reply | Top | Edit it's complicated because it doesn't say on the packaging how many layers go with each gasket... they can't just make them stick together? and no i'm not a dumbass just because i didn't know... i wasn't going to blow the money i spent on them if they weren't gonna fit right.. so i just returned them and got some mr. gasket ones and they work just fine. -- 93 z28, stalled and bolted, 1 of 17,850, super rare Posted By: jjdynomite
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08-15-2008 @ 08:51:56 Reply | Top | Edit
the percy's I got are only 2 layer..  -- Posted By: fergymoto On: 08-15-2008 @ 12:01:03 Reply | Top | Edit The layers are attached --
1997 Trans Am WS6 --- 7.58 @ 90MPH 1.65 60' in the 1/8th My Vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plrwEHkL134 Posted By: jjdynomite
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08-15-2008 @ 12:38:57 Reply | Top | Edit
still only 2 layers...
did I get ripped?  -- Posted By: useful_idi0t On: 08-15-2008 @ 17:59:50 Reply | Top | Edit you got the Percy's 'Lite'. 
im running percys on my t/a with hooker shorties and havent had a problem at all for 3 months, i do need to get some breslin bolts though , im retightening every 2 weeks. -- 
96 WS6 T/A A4[Hooker Shorty's][Hooker Catback][K&N Drop In][Spohn Front and Rear Sway bars w/ poly bushing][LT1 Scanmaster][UMI Sub Frame Connectors][J&M Tubular LCA's][UMI Strut Tower Brace][HSW Wet kit w/ 75shot jets][FJO Controller][FPSS] Posted By: fergymoto On: 08-15-2008 @ 21:59:11 Reply | Top | Edit That's my bad it is supposed to be two layers. --
1997 Trans Am WS6 --- 7.58 @ 90MPH 1.65 60' in the 1/8th My Vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plrwEHkL134 Posted By: mystic95cam On: 08-16-2008 @ 18:50:45 Reply | Top | Edit My percy's were multiple layers, but they were all attached together. It was a piece of cake to me. -- Steven, 96 Z28, member since 2001. Posted By: ken125 On: 08-17-2008 @ 17:20:53 Reply | Top | Edit i got the mr gasket ones from autozone and they dont leak at all just make sure when you install them, do a few heat cycles and tighten them down again and you should be fine. mine havent leaked since i installed them a year ago. -- 1997 silver six speed Camaro. Pacesetter lts, magnaflow catback, No cats, no emissions and a cheap crappy ebay cold air kit! 08 R6S no mods, non needed 95 s-10 4cyl 5 speed DD
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