Heroez Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 Digging through my parts stash I found an intake/exhaust gasket unused. The odd part is that it has little metal borders at the openings of the intake and exhaust ports. Seems like I read a post about how this was an advantage, but I cant find that post. Anyone know anything about this gasket? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xnke Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 Beck/Arnley, Stone, and a few other brands have those aluminum crush rings on the exhaust ports. I would look for the silvery kind, the compressed graphite gaskets as sold by Fel-pro so long ago. Now all I can get are the crappy cardboard type...they just don't seal up like the first few I bought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heroez Posted July 14, 2013 Author Share Posted July 14, 2013 (edited) Where do you get the graphite ones? Hmm. Doesnt match what I see. This one has edge liners on exhaust and intake holes, made of steel. Magnet sticks. Oh, wait it says fel-pro 22743. Kinda dull silver like you said. Im going to investigate that number. I thought the post was reading had something to do with porting... Maybe port matching? They mentioned some advantage about this type of gasket. Its aggravating not being able to locate it in search when the gasket appears. I dont know, maybe they just said it was a good gasket. Edited July 14, 2013 by Heroez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heroez Posted July 14, 2013 Author Share Posted July 14, 2013 Xenke, got something for you. Searching google images with part number gets me Autopartsnetwork.com and they have a couple you mention. The beck arnley, I see it has metal just at exhavst ports. And a silver felpro. For like 10 bucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewZed Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 Not specific to the original topic, but the Victor Reinz gasket is not cardboard, it's a thicker multilayer gasket. Another option. Plastic-y outer layer with a thin metal core. Quality isn't great, some trimming around the ports is necessary but it's different from the Fel-pro cardboard. I think it's the same gasket MSA sells. Harder to install because of the thickness and weight, definitely a different design. I've used the MSA gasket for about 20,000 miles with no issues, then used Fel-Pro's paper and had to retighten several bolts/nuts after the back of the exhaust manifold started leaking. I have a RockAuto Victor Reinz gasket waiting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heroez Posted July 14, 2013 Author Share Posted July 14, 2013 The Ishino gasket looks like the Beck Arnley. The one in my picture must be long gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xnke Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 The silvery ones I mentioned are VERY similar to the VERY expensive Remflex brand. They were only 12.99 when I bought them though, instead of 50+$ each now. The Ishino/Beck/Stone brands only had the flanges on the exhaust ports; I have seen ones like the felpro you show above but I have never had one in my hands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heroez Posted July 14, 2013 Author Share Posted July 14, 2013 Thanks for the info. Im doing some work on a turbo motor, what do you recommend for the Gaskets? Mainly exhaust and head gaskets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 I have had good luck using and re-using Felpro gaskets on both L28E and ET motors. The ones I get have a substantial amount of metal in them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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