finally got y-pipe for hooker 2460s....
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Car: 1986 camaro
Engine: 5.7 HSR
Transmission: 700-r4
Axle/Gears: 3:42 auburn
finally got y-pipe for hooker 2460s....
i finally got to put the correct y-pipe on my car, i read the instructions, and there is NO Gaskets for the y-pipe to headers!
all new bolts, all new y-pipe, all no off road,cat-by-pass pipe, NO GASKETS!
as a matter o fact, the instructions doesnt even mention gaskets.
and if i were to install them, the bolts wouldnt reach!
hooker has made an excellent y-pipe, IMHO only lesser when compared to the 2055 pipe(ball flanged)
the pipe DOESNT leak where the meet, but can this be right? headers and y-pipe 3 bolt flange, flat surface, NO GASKETS??
has anyone else done the install? are gaskets needed? i know my cheap old flowtechs would leak even with gaskets, also the headmans, unless they had a copper gasket!
just dont want to have to drop the damn thing later!! let me know what you think!! happy turkey day!
all new bolts, all new y-pipe, all no off road,cat-by-pass pipe, NO GASKETS!
as a matter o fact, the instructions doesnt even mention gaskets.
and if i were to install them, the bolts wouldnt reach!
hooker has made an excellent y-pipe, IMHO only lesser when compared to the 2055 pipe(ball flanged)
the pipe DOESNT leak where the meet, but can this be right? headers and y-pipe 3 bolt flange, flat surface, NO GASKETS??
has anyone else done the install? are gaskets needed? i know my cheap old flowtechs would leak even with gaskets, also the headmans, unless they had a copper gasket!
just dont want to have to drop the damn thing later!! let me know what you think!! happy turkey day!
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Car: Red 1987 IROC Convertible
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I think that a flat-to-flat mate would have to be machined in order to not leak. That's the way the stock manifolds-to-heads surfaces are.
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Car: 1986 camaro
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i didnt know if i should drop it again, and buy more bolts(longer than the ones from hooker) and a set of collector gaskets, and which ones the dead soft aluminum(had a set a few years ago, melted!) or the copper ones
well the header surface is flat and very thick! the y-pipe surface is slat with the lip inside the flange, which im sure are flat after the impact torqued em!
well the header surface is flat and very thick! the y-pipe surface is slat with the lip inside the flange, which im sure are flat after the impact torqued em!
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