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240booster · 12-18-2001, 11:06 PM

Hey, I got my Hot Shot header in last night and i was reading over the instructions, and about the exhaust manifold gasket, it says that u can buy a new one or u can just use the old one. Ok what is the old one like??? Is it paper, asbestos, metal, etc.?<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'>  Am i goin to be able to salvage ne of the old one??? I would like to replace it with a new one while im at it, but i would want to put a good high quality gasket on there ... copper, metal something like that ....... I did some checking around town and noone carries anything besides just the stock gasket and they will still have to order that. The peeps in here that have put a header on what did u do?<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'>? THANXS IN ADVANCE

drifting240sx · 12-19-2001, 12:35 AM

well when i put on my hotshot headers i bought new stock gaskets. they work just fine. but installation is a bitch. well it was for me. its better if you take off your hood to put in the headers. it will help a lot. wut year is your car??

240booster · 12-19-2001, 01:52 AM

96 s14 ..... It sez in the instructions that the header should slip in from the top comfortably and easily ...... lol welll i guess we will just c about that one :-P  Plus, Hot Shot has made some changes to the headers that r suppose to fix these installation and fitment problems, guess i just find out for myself ..... and also what were ur stock gaskets made out of??

xNotoriousGQx · 12-19-2001, 10:07 AM

You should have just bought the Greddy Headers instead.  It's a direct fit, bolts right on and  nothing else needed to install. About your problem, you don't need to buy new ones.  Just buy some sealer and apply it on the gasket.

gfisch · 12-19-2001, 01:24 PM

Theyre not expensive, id say get new gaskets. Its better than it leakin.

240booster · 12-19-2001, 01:28 PM

ya i just went to the parts store and ordered new ones ... they were only like $9.

12-18-2001, 11:06 PM	#1
240booster Zilvia Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 245 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Hey, I got my Hot Shot header in last night and i was reading over the instructions, and about the exhaust manifold gasket, it says that u can buy a new one or u can just use the old one. Ok what is the old one like??? Is it paper, asbestos, metal, etc.?<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'>  Am i goin to be able to salvage ne of the old one??? I would like to replace it with a new one while im at it, but i would want to put a good high quality gasket on there ... copper, metal something like that ....... I did some checking around town and noone carries anything besides just the stock gasket and they will still have to order that. The peeps in here that have put a header on what did u do?<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'>? THANXS IN ADVANCE

12-19-2001, 12:35 AM	#2
drifting240sx Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: salinas ca Age: 40 Posts: 362 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	well when i put on my hotshot headers i bought new stock gaskets. they work just fine. but installation is a bitch. well it was for me. its better if you take off your hood to put in the headers. it will help a lot. wut year is your car??

12-19-2001, 01:52 AM	#3
240booster Zilvia Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 245 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	96 s14 ..... It sez in the instructions that the header should slip in from the top comfortably and easily ...... lol welll i guess we will just c about that one :-P  Plus, Hot Shot has made some changes to the headers that r suppose to fix these installation and fitment problems, guess i just find out for myself ..... and also what were ur stock gaskets made out of??

12-19-2001, 10:07 AM	#4
xNotoriousGQx Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: NYC Posts: 447 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	You should have just bought the Greddy Headers instead.  It's a direct fit, bolts right on and  nothing else needed to install. About your problem, you don't need to buy new ones.  Just buy some sealer and apply it on the gasket.

12-19-2001, 01:24 PM	#5
gfisch Zilvia Junkie Join Date: May 2001 Location: Warren,NJ / Baltimore,MD Age: 43 Posts: 576 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Theyre not expensive, id say get new gaskets. Its better than it leakin.

12-19-2001, 01:28 PM	#6
240booster Zilvia Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 245 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	ya i just went to the parts store and ordered new ones ... they were only like $9.