Copper exhaust gaskets

[staticbrainwash]

Alright, i've been searching on this since last night. I was sparked to search because when i seafoamed my motor, i had some wicked leaks on my (new) exhaust manny gaskets.

I'm at a loss for how to seal these since everything is torqued to spec and gaskets are new.

So i'm looking into the ffwd copper gaskets and need some opinions.

Do i get the copper gaskets, or do i find another way to seal up what i have now?

Im worried i'll blow out the copper gaskets, but with the o-ring in the ffwd ones, i'm sure it will be alright. I just need to get this taken care of.

 

[bling5tatus]

I've been looking into trying that gasket from ffwd also. It seems to me that it is going to be superior to anything else you can use. I would also like to hear some opinions from those who have used these exhaust manifold gaskets. Their copper head gasket with wires in it looks to be pretty amazing.

 

[jking29]

I'm using the copper gaskets from ffwd. I have the head to manifold gasket, and the manifold to turbine gasket. They sealed up very well. I only have about 1k miles on them so far, but have nothing but good to say about them so far.

 

[staticbrainwash]

I'm using the copper gaskets from ffwd. I have the head to manifold gasket, and the manifold to turbine gasket. They sealed up very well. I only have about 1k miles on them so far, but have nothing but good to say about them so far.

Awesome! More like those please!

 

[UMR98GSX]

I am also running the head to manifold gasket. I have ~10k on it an I have even taken off the manifold and retorqued it 2-3 times now while working on a couple things and it still seals perfectly.

Darren carries great products, I say go for it!

 

[staticbrainwash]

I ordered an oem 4 layer just in case. But i may still get both of these.

I just worry about them blowing out with the heat and pressure.

But i'd say 10k is a HUGE showing of how amazing it is.

 

[daren_p]

I'm bringing this one back to see if there are anymore users of the ffwd copper, head to mani or mani to turbo gaskets & how they are performing? When I installed my new evoIII mani last spring, I used a new 4 layer gasket & everything was/is torqued to speck but found some leaks, like the OP, with Seafoam. I want a perfect seal when I install my FP race mani. Was thinking about giving the ffwd gaskets a shot, just wanted to make sure wouldn't have blowing out issues. Seems copper tend to blow if the bolts/nuts back off, wondering if backing off is more likely to happen with a copper gasket vs SS? (always torque my bolts to spec & have yet to have any back off)

 

[d j]

ffwd is local and i can tell you its an SCE gasket not a darren-special.

What I did on the race motor to seal the high levels of boost (over 40 pounds) was oring block & a cut head (oring groove without the wire), next i heated the copper up to make it soft then tossed the head on.

i havent had a leak yet. i'm not running SCE's o-ringed gasket, just a plain jane copper gasket w/o the special rings.

 

[1992awdlaser]

They are talking about an exhaust manifold gasket not a head gasket.

 

[d j]

I skimmed over bling5tatus post.. my mistake;