i bought a used exhaust system from some guy in illinois(mistake). Put it all on and it leaked like a bitch finally realizing the welds on the header tubes were all cracked. Took it all off and got the header sandblasted and re welded. Its a little bit better now but it is still leaking due to the header being warped about a 1/16 inch on each end. Were can i get some good THICK copper exhaust manifold, collector and exhaust gaskets from hoping it will seal the deal.

Some input would be much apprietiated

 

I got my copper exhaust manifold gasket from OTTP.

 

is it thick enough to seal the little warp i have?

 

forget the gasket, take it off, and have a machine shop plane it out.

idk if zzp fixed their stuff by now, but i bought a brand new midlength header combo last nov-dec, and all 3 flanges were fubar. the primary's flange was so bad the copper gasket from ottp wouldn't even seal it.

but anyways, i had to get my machinist to run it across the planer to get it fixed properly... just spend the few extra $ and get it done properly, if it;s warped you will spend more time fooling with it than it's worth if you don't get it machined.

 

Should I put the stock gasket back in afterwards then?

 

no..............

 

buy a sheet of copper. its cheap cut it to your liking and make sure you dont over torque the bolts or make it uneven

 

can i get it at the hardware store? all in all that seems pretty difficult