Headers?

[JB]

I swapped a friend of mine my stock exhaust manifolds for his set of Dynomax ceramic coated headers and will sometime soon put them on. But I have a few questions.

They are pretty nasty looking, a little surface rust and mostly dried on mud. What should I do too get them cleaned up a bit? I wanted to just spray them with some high-temp flat black, but need to get them clean first. Sandblast? Or jsut let htem socak in parts cleaner? Other suggestions?

Do I need special gaskets, like different from just the regular exhaust gaskets?

SHould I buy new bolts? The guy at Ho'reillys said I should find some that are "locking" and won't back out.

Thanks

[eight]

Sand blast them and paint them with something like this. Most high temp flat black will burn off.

Do get new bolts. Mine are holding fine with regular lock washers.

Try to find some better gaskets. My jeep's leak just a little bit with NAPA gaskets.

[aggielr]

copper gaskets work well

[JB]

Thanks eight.

Where aroudn B/CS can I get stuff sandblasted?

Also, is there any place around here that does powdercoating? (not for the headers? just in general?


thanks

[Fredo]

Originally posted by aggielr
copper gaskets work well

You're one out of 5 million who can get copper gaskets to seal then. I wouldn't stray from fel-pro on header gaskets.

[aggielr]

sealed very well on nikki's blazer, and didn't have to fawk w/ them, that was after the new heads were put on

[BigRedFord04]

copper gaskets work well on mine too....2 in 5 million.... ....theres a guy in the club (David) that does powdercoating and brags all the time about how good it is...he's one of Jimmy Mancuso's friends