[DeTomaso] Intake gasket

[Mike McDougal]

For those interested, I posted pics of the Victor gaskets on the PIBB.  Part
#95078SG.
Right now it looks like this will fix my smoke from the right bank . What a
relief.
While im there im going to change all the rubber fuel hoses, just to be
safe.
Mike 3482
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 02:30:11 -0600
From: Daniel C Jones <daniel.c.jones2 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Intake gaskets
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> What makes the Victor Reinz your favorite?

They are a flat style gasket with a graphite coating.  No sealer is
required.
Mike found they were available at Carquest, BTW.

> And if you had to choose the next best, am I reading you right that the
5836
> and 252103's are tied for 2nd place?

No the Mr. Gasket 214 (with permatex sealer) would be my second choice.

> First, if your manifold has an exhaust crossover and your intention is for
> it to be functional, you'll need to cut a rectangular window at the center
> of each side gasket.

Yes.  In Mike's case, this is not necessary as his heads do not have an
exhaust cross-over.  Aluminum heads also have a different thermal expansion
rate than iron and present a bigger challenge for sealing (on an iron
block).

Dan Jones