stairman
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 |  Subject: Shorty headers  July 10th 2011, 8:42 pm | |
| I got a set of shorty headers and installed them yesterday. 14 hours later i finished  Question: I used the header gasket that came in the box, now I'm getting a "burning rubber" type of smell after it warms up. Should I have used the OEM gasket i took off. Does anyone think this smell will go away after break-in. Should the gasket they sent me have been aluminum covered? I looked everywhere for an answer and can't find one. I think I read on here in a post that Shawn said NOT to use aftermarket header gaskets, but i couldn't find it. So I am unsure. This was a pain in the ass to do, but if I need to re-do it I will. Any input would be helpful to me and to anyone else in the future wanting to tackle this type of project. | |
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| | Subject: Re: Shorty headers July 10th 2011, 9:47 pm | |
| Congrats on the install. You should have asked here first, yes you should have bought new oem gaskets. The smell might go away, but those aftemarket gaskets are garbage. | |
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| | Subject: Re: Shorty headers July 10th 2011, 9:52 pm | |
| - Shawn1112 wrote:
- Congrats on the install. You should have asked here first, yes you should have bought new oem gaskets. The smell might go away, but those aftemarket gaskets are garbage.
What he said. OEM are the way to go as far as the gaskets go. The ones that came with the headers will leak very soon. I think the OEM ones are copper but either way they should not be rubber. | |
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| | Subject: Re: Shorty headers July 10th 2011, 10:16 pm | |
| OK, Thanks a million guys. I will start the re-tear down tomorrow. It should go alot faster now that i know what to expect. By the way- it's a bitch and time consuming ..but the deeper growl is worth it. | |
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| | Subject: Re: Shorty headers July 11th 2011, 12:39 am | |
| Congrats on the install & hope it's easy to re-do everything | |
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| | Subject: Re: Shorty headers July 11th 2011, 7:59 am | |
| Hey Jeff when can we do mine now that you got the install down | |
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| | Subject: Re: Shorty headers July 11th 2011, 10:12 pm | |
| - HemiMag wrote:
- Congrats on the install & hope it's easy to re-do everything
Thanks Ivan, the 2nd time around was alot easier...Got my time down to 6 hours ...LOL - jesse031081 wrote:
- Hey Jeff when can we do mine now that you got the install down
My garage will be available right after I get done with Davids' tie rods. PM me when you want to do this.... i'm thinking I can get down to 4 1/2 hours  | |
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