swerks

can any one tell me if the turbo 22ret engine takes a different gasket ?? if so do you have a part #, or know where I might purchase one.

JamesD

Same gasket as the 22RE.

James

dcg9381

Look on ebay or LC Engineering for a "insulating" intake manifold gasket - it's made out of a plastic composite and won't get crapped due to water - totally reusable. They sell it as something to increase HP (lower intake manifold temp) - but it's really no good for that purpose.. great for boosted trucks though.

n4ynu1010

Plastic Composite , radiators and now head gaskets , someone shoot me please ...................

89 toy

they are different i got one at napa $42.00

dcg9381

They are not different. The port setup on both manifolds is the same.
$42 is ridiculous to spend on that gasket.

A basic paper gasket will work - and if NAPA is charging you $42, I'll send you one for $15 as I've got about 3 sitting in the garage. I replaced my paper gasket as my manifold got a little loose after the rebuild and heat cycling - the radiator fluid actually degraded the gasket quite a bit.'
10+ psi through wasted paper gasket isn't good..

swerks

any body using one of these plastic gaskets or the one from LC engineering thats teflon???

dcg9381

The one I have might be teflon - it's white.. is that what they're selling?

n4ynu1010

Put the part # on Google and see then look at a few sites and see if that is what they are selling and get the specs on it .

ozziesironmanoffroad

now if only asbestos wasnt illegal to use.... could make some bada$$ gaskets

n4ynu1010

Asbestos Good - EPA Bad - you know your not supposed to breath it , so wear protection and enjoy
But Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo , down with the EPA hehe , ever notice all the bad stuff is what worked the best .

89 toy

i read it wrong i thought it said exhaust manifold gasket

swerks

The white ones from LC are teflon and cost $42.00

n4ynu1010

Well at least they are Teflon , I just can't imagine a plastic head gasket geesh , tell me its not true

dcg9381

This is what I purchased:

http://www.precisionpowerparts.com/s...=0&i=134642226

n4ynu1010

Oh Intake Gasket hehe , I thought we were talking head gasket
Is that supposed to lessen temp transfer also , is that one of the reasons it is teflon ?

dcg9381

That's what the advertisement says. I seriously doubt if there is any difference at all.. Insulation prevents slows the rate of heat transfer, after a certain amount of time that heat is coming over to the manifold anyway...

It's good as a reusable gasket though!

n4ynu1010

Cool , was just curious , I would imagine it would also flex a bit more and would not get hard as a rock and maybe be a bit more leak resistant