gasket, turbo to header, TAPerf

[grocerygetter]

Alright, due to how nicely done these TA's look and the the fact that the turbo is brand new, I should be able to not have to run a gasket between the turbo and the header? right?

 

[JST A 6]

That's what I remember having been told more than once; however since pre-turbo leaks are so critical and I have the stock ps header bolted to a 5-year-old TE-44 I chose to use a copper gasket.

 

[BlackMetal]

As long as the surfaces are flat, no need for one. Supposedly, something I read on these forums, if you have flat surfaces and put a gasket in there and tighten everything down, you might actually distort your nice flat surfaces and you'll have to use a gasket from that point forward.

I cleaned the flange on my OEM header, applied a little high temp RTV, and bolted on my new turbo, no leaks.

 

[waddell87]

As long as the surfaces are flat, no need for one. Supposedly, something I read on these forums, if you have flat surfaces and put a gasket in there and tighten everything down, you might actually distort your nice flat surfaces and you'll have to use a gasket from that point forward.

I cleaned the flange on my OEM header, applied a little high temp RTV, and bolted on my new turbo, no leaks.

X2 ..I use Ultra Copper RTV on my EOM header and my 6152 also. Never a leak

put a small bead around put it together finger tight let it dry an hour then torque it, works like a charm

 

[grocerygetter]

the above is exactly all I had to do with my TE44 and my Kenne Bell headers. Cool, that's what I'll do. Both surfaces look awesome.

 

[nuclearxp]

X2 ..I use Ultra Copper RTV on my EOM header and my 6152 also. Never a leak

put a small bead around put it together finger tight let it dry an hour then torque it, works like a charm

X3.. couldn't have said it better. In all actuality putting too much RTV or a mis-sized gasket could squeeze into the inside of the exhaust path and actually (albeit minutely) restrict flow.

 

[grocerygetter]

just an fyi...sealed up great.

 

[waddell87]