chinesekid

heyyy... havent updated or been on in a while.. but just keeping all of you on what i have done.. well.. i got the stainless steel brake likes installed... thats all done and i got the headers from MSA.. and i took apart the intake and exhause manifold again so i can install it so rigth now.. my engin bay is all apart but its all going back on tomorrow.. pics. will be up tomorrow too

straight hate

If you'r running headers double gasket that intake and exhust or she's gonna' end up leaking and your' gonna do it again! I hate doing a job twice, better to get it right the first time and save your self the head ache. Nes Pa

BigBirdsZ

ive never heard of that ^^^^^ i have headers an they only have 1 gasket of couse i jus blew my exhaust gasket does that work?

straight hate

One of the guys I used to work with warned me about putting single gaskets on. So I doubled it up, 7k later she still runnin' smooth w/no leaks. I'd recomend it to anybody.

apollo

Or you could just use a sealer . . . . .like liquid copper or something

Bleach

I drove over 60K miles on a single header gasket from MSA. No leaks.
They list a different type of gasket to use if you have headers though. Don't just buy a normal Felpro intake/exhaust gasket for a 280ZX.

straight hate

I have one from MSA and a OEM along w/copper gasket, works fine. I wasnt saying it will blow out if Bleach has 60k on his thats testament alone but thats just what I did. That way you dont even have the thought nipin' at your heels. To each his own. Any body goin' to the Z nationals in Cali next April? The old lady and I were talkn' about taking a road trip, as long as gas isnt $4. a gallon

Bleach

I'm planning to go. Gas was almost $4 a gallon last year in Cali. It was about 50 cents less per gal up in the northwest.

Stay out of the desert. They jack the price up even more out east in southern California. It was over $4 a gallon last May

apollo

Crucial . . .. lets just all convert to the L28D and stop this madness

straight hate

Oh man, guess I better put a little extra back. Were comin up from Austin Tx, I was thinkin' about goin through NM and NV, then up throghu soCal, cause I have a friend in LA I havnt seen in years. I think were gonna get the shaft anyways, midas well go the most direct route. As we get closer anybody goin should get in touch that way we can all hook up and have some beers put names to faces, etc.. just a thought.

chinesekid

im just useing a single gasket that came along with the headers.. i guess there (performance exhause gasget) do i need the coper thinry? or can i just do that

chinesekid

i just came back from msa again.. and then i got front strut bar and shift boot and a shift ***... pics will be up later on tonite

NismoPick

ah... how would it be to just cruise on over to MSA and pick up some parts!

EDIT... I just mapquested that... how far are ya from MSA? ~30 miles?

apollo

Kid is right there in town. Shoot, we should make you the official check point for out of towners for the upcoming MSA WCN's. . . . .

All in favor say "I" . .
I!!

wreckedj30

Seconded...but i'm going to be living 40 miles from there, so i'll be able to go next year.

jfairladyz

a leaky header is usually the fault of the headers flange...not the fault of the gasket. Too thin a flange can warp/distort...also if the flange is not perfectly flat all the way across it will most likely leak.

chinesekid

im down wiht that.. hahaha .. im like 20-25 miles away from msa... im still saying we should all meet up somewhere and show up as a group... for Zdrivers... we can call msa and tell em to save us a spot for how ever many car we request

NismoPick

Indeed... I'll be there w/ my twin Bleach.

straight hate

Were goin to WCNs baby! Tell MSA to get ready. Oh and the double gasket acts as a filler to rectify any distortion/thickness issues that the header flange may have. That way it no leaky.