Belanger Leak/Gaskets

[Purdue_Boiler_Viper]

Speaking of loosening the header flanges at the heads when pulling the merge collector off... Are those metal exhaust gaskets at the heads reusable? Or loosen the head screws, put new gaskets in too?

LOL. Have you done your headers yet Dave? Or are you just planning for the leaks?

 

[dave6666]

LOL. Have you done your headers yet Dave? Or are you just planning for the leaks?

We're neck deep in it...

Moved on to welding up the side exhaust pieces now. Going extremely well. Maybe some fresh pics mañana.

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[dave6666]

LOL. Have you done your headers yet Dave? Or are you just planning for the leaks?

A more modern pic of status. Headed down the side now.

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[ViperTony]

Nice welds Dave. Looking good. Did you go with ceramic or metallic RT cats?

 

[dave6666]

Nice welds Dave. Looking good. Did you go with ceramic or metallic RT cats?

Per Jon B's recommendation, I went with the ceramic. We were discussing sound, hp etc at the time. The conclusion was ceramic.

Did I puck fu on the cats?

I've recently re-taught myself to weld. Was very simple actually. Reading glasses - 1.25's - with vision correcting welding lens - 1.25 again - I can SEE WHAT I'M DOING!!! Good to know that 47 years is not the end of the world. Anyway, 35 amps on the TIG using 1/16 SS wire is purdy. When you can see...

 

[Purdue_Boiler_Viper]

Looking good Dave. No widebands?

 

[dave6666]

Looking good Dave. No widebands?

Well, at this point, after getting a thorough schooling from Lou Belanger on O2 sensor needs and placement, we're going with the location he supplies on the single tube using the OE sensor.

Not planning on getting into tuning (yet...), so no need for widebands for that cause either.

I might add them later though if I start to feel gadget deprived. Will be easy to add the **** later. You can see from the rears (no sims on my car!) that I can make little welds with little heat, and not distort the flanges that originally started this thread.

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