ENGINE FINALLY IN! which exhaust gaskets to use?

[reynard]

The engine is finally in my Plus 2 prepping for vintage race (maybe)/street and I have a few questions that really didn't have definitive answers in the forums.

I have two different types pf exhaust header gaskets, a gray fiber style and a semi-metallic style (metal on one side, fiber on the other). Whicj do you recommend? If it is the semi-metallic, which side towards the header. The headers are ceramic coated inside and out.

Any sealant recommended?

As always, Thanks for the help.

Andy
Fort Worth, Texas

[512BB]

Andy,

I have used both types, both are fine. If you use the metal foil type, the foil goes towards the headers. No sealant required for either.

Leslie

[cabc26b]

Andy,

I have used the "metal foil" type for the street. The race cars get permatex ultra copper or some equivalent to form the seal between header flange and head port.

George

[fatboyoz]

Andy,
Another alternative to the two types of exhaust gaskets that you have. Metal both sides with fibrous material layered between. I bought these from a VW restoration business restoring air-cooled VWs. Very high quality, and I fitted them dry.
Colin.

[reynard]

Thanks for the help everyone. I can always count on the forum.

It has been fifteen years since I have built a Twincam motor (yes, I know it's a engine, not a motor, but motor sounds better).

I hope to start the engine... err... motor... this weekend to see if it leaks... I mean where it leaks... I mean how it leaks..

I'll keep you all posted. Or, if you see a tower of smoke coming from the Fort Worth, Texas compass point, you'll know that you'll be able to buy a lot of great spares soon.

Keep your fingers crossed, I will.

Andy Anderson
http://www.andersonfilm.com

[robertverhey]

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And cheap as.....

I've found that VW ones need a bit of relieving of the bolt holes to make them fit..... a bit fiddly