exhaust manifold/downpipe gaskets for fujitsubo?

bristol_bb4 · Post by **bristol_bb4** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 7:33 pm

can anyone recommend what gaskets i should be using for

engine/manifold
manifold/downpipe

dont think stock parts are up for the job as its blowing from somewhere but i cant pinpoint it,though im positive its one of those two joins!

suggestions + links to suggested items please

jozefsan · Post by **jozefsan** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 8:20 pm

you should go with fujistubo gaskets or custom made gaskets

bristol_bb4 · Post by **bristol_bb4** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 8:43 pm

hmm cant find any info on fujitsubo gaskets? i have no idea where i'd get a custom made header gasket made up

jozefsan · Post by **jozefsan** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 8:46 pm

bristol_bb4 wrote:hmm cant find any info on fujitsubo gaskets? i have no idea where i'd get a custom made header gasket made up

find your self good gasket sheet and then make it on your own, bit fiddly but you can save some money.

i personaly use all the time on head-collectors standard steel OEM gasket

Post by **4thgenphil** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 8:53 pm

i had to make mine, i couldnt find anywhere that sold them. there was a place in cornwall that sold them and i bought them off the website but they refunded me.

like jozefsan said get some decent gasket paper stuff, the stuff i used was graphite impregnated but my old man gave me that to me so i dont know where to buy it

a point of advise on this, make sure the mating faces between the downpipe and manifold are flat, mine weren't

Post by **4thgenphil** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 8:56 pm

also if you do make one put the three bolt holes in the paper and use a ball pein hammer to 'cut' the paper, if that make sense?

bristol_bb4 · Post by **bristol_bb4** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 9:08 pm

wasnt it a total ball ache to make the manifold-engine gasket though

think i know what you mean mr phill, cheers for the replies both of you!

am i best off just ebaying the most expensive gasket paper i can find? also, the donut gasket thingy on the "flexi" part, will just a universal 2.5" bad boy do the job?

Post by **4thgenphil** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 9:19 pm

sorry dude half read the post, again!

i used an oem mani to engine gasket!

the donut thing looks like a just a standard one but i have never replaced it, although i probably will this time so let me know

i would look for the graphite shizzle my old man swears buy it from when he used to build race engines ( which i never bloody knew he did

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bristol_bb4 · Post by **bristol_bb4** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 9:21 pm

hmmm my standard gasket didnt seem to sit quite right on the fuuuuuuj manifold ports

ill get all new stuff by the weekend and take some pics etc and report back! thanks man! and your dad used to build race engines?!

Post by **4thgenphil** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 9:31 pm

yeah, rally cars etc, some funky stuff he used to do! FA use to me now living 320 miles away, and he's going slowly mad