header gasket

Killer Kopec · 12-20-2006, 02:51 PM

where can i find a good gasket for my obx header? i need the one that goes between the header and the downpipe.
i tried calling sps and leaving messages but no luck.
advanced auto dosent have them and there not on the sms website.

angelus · 12-20-2006, 03:40 PM

you can try pepboys, vatozone, checker

KoolerSL2 · 12-20-2006, 04:44 PM

SPS.
solid copper DP gasket.
was 19.90 shipped.

chris

Killer Kopec · 12-20-2006, 11:09 PM

i called sps to ask them if it would fit the obx header, but no response. it says its for the hotshot header. so i dont know if it will work

bldegle2 · 12-20-2006, 11:36 PM

yes the sps unit will fit.

same bolt pattern, same holes...shouldn't be a problem.

for the really anal, you can fit the gasket separately to the header and then the head to make sure the exhaust openings line up perfectly, if a little extra gasket protrudes into the pathway, a small half moon file will solve the problem pronto.

later,

baldy

Killer Kopec · 12-21-2006, 05:03 AM

Bldegle2, I donât think were thinking of the same gasket hereâ¦

âyou can fit the gasket separately to the header and then the headââ¦

I need the gasket that goes between the header and the down pipe.
The one on sps is for hotshot and I called 8 times and left 4 messages with them and no response, so I donât want to deal with sps anymore. Is there any other place that will have a copper gasket or even just a good gasket for the obx?

vms150 · 12-21-2006, 05:05 AM

i KNOW autozone has them

paintballmaniac · 12-21-2006, 07:45 AM

No - get the SPS copper gasket. Take it from us that have the OBX header with the copper gasket and get it. it works - no questions asked.

SL2 Cruiser · 12-21-2006, 08:04 AM

He's talking about the gasket that goes between the bottom of the header and the top of the mid pipe, it has three bolts and two holes for the exhaust. Not the gasket between the head and the header.

Mine burnt out on one corner when a bolt backed out. I actually wound up buying 5 different types of gasket material and so far the only thing that has worked (for about 7 months now) is this sheet I bought off ebay and it doens't have a name brand, type, or anything... it's just a solid sheet of metal gasket material covered in a substance similar to duct tape. You trace the gasket you need and cut it out.. and it was hard as hell to cut, even with good shears.

I tried every type of gasket material on the shelf at Autozone, Oreilly's and Advance, none of them lasted longer than a week.

Edit: I did not know an SPS copper gasket would work. That would've saved me a ton of trouble.

Btw, OBX sources their gaskets from another mfr who will not sell them seperatly.

And if you're going to replace the gasket with a custom cut, replace the crappy bolts with grade 8 bolts, lock washers, and lock nuts.