[DeTomaso] Headers to muffler connection

[Dave McManus]

BIG BORE GASKETS:

Big Bore exhaust to header.

NAPA part number 31 381 about $9.00 ea.

Gasket has about a ¼” steel ring (inside of the “donut”) that extends out of
one side of the donut. Works well.

IndyDave

-----Original Message-----
From: Sean Korb [mailto:spkorb at gmail.com] 
Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2009 10:33 AM
To: Asa Jay Laughton
Cc: List Pantera
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Headers to muffler connection

I have what I believe are Hall headers, and they also do not have an
"outie".  But the do have a recess that the doughnut fits in and I
clamp the muffler pipe to it and it works just fine.  I had trouble
with the flange bolts coming loose for a while, but after I got brass
nuts (huh-huh) they haven't needed tightening after the first heat
cycle.

sean

On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 2:29 AM, Asa Jay Laughton<asajay at asajay.com> wrote:
> I believe I have a set of headers for a Pantera laying in my dad's
> garage.  I've had these for going on 10 years or so I think.  I keep
> forgetting I have them.  My present exhaust is stock and uses a good old
> fashioned exhaust donut (muffler bearing) to seal the manifold to the
> muffler pipe near the front of the rear a-arms.  This works well as the
> stock manifold has pipe protruding from the flange that the donut slips
> over to keep it in place.
>
> The Headers have no such "stick-out."  So what is the recommendation?
> - Flat gaskets to mate the two?
> - Some kind of donut?
> - What kind of material?
>
> If these -are- Pantera headers.... .I might as well stick them in now
> while the car is in the air and I'm waiting for other parts to arrive.
>
> Thanks,
> Asa Jay
>
> Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
>
> & Shelley Marie
> Spokane, WA
>
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