Should I use the 320 exhaust manifold gasket with the protective spark plug boot flange or seperate gaskets that would leave the beautiful ceramic exhaust showing?
320 Exhaust Gasket (and hide the exhaust pipe)
45%
[ 11 ]
Seperate Style Gasket (and show the exhaust pipe)
54%
[ 13 ]
Total Votes : 24
Date: 7-21-08 09:46 From: Tangarine-Dream Subject: What should I do? What would you do? Poll ?? (nt)
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Date: 7-21-08 09:49 From: Tangarine-Dream Subject: Re: What should I do? What would you do? Poll ?? (nt)
Here's the image that didn't work with the original posting. I hope it works.
_________________ The Road of Life Should Be Driven in a BMW2002!! Happy Trails!
Date: 7-21-08 10:37 From: FunElan in SoCal-Manhattan Beach, CA Subject: Re: What should I do? What would you do? Poll ?? (nt)
Leave it showing!!! Good to see you today, can't wait to see this thing finished.
2. Where did you get that cool looking exhaust manifold!
Date: 7-21-08 11:16 From: flynbimmer in Lodi Subject: Re: What should I do? What would you do? Poll ?? (nt)
Where did the manifold come from?.....Did you have it ceramic coated?
TIA,
Mike _________________ 1974/02...Polaris...BBS basketweaves, slightly lowered.....Weber 32/36DGAV....
Date: 7-22-08 09:44 From: Tangarine-Dream Subject: Re: What should I do? What would you do? Poll ?? (nt)
Matt, it was indeed good to see you today! Your car looked so cool...cruzin around MB. Man it just made me smile.
The exhaust is a bitchin piece! It's ceramic coated and comes as is from Tom @ 02 Again. He makes them and they flow exactly like a tii header if not better and half the weight, roughly 8lbs.
With the new kid I don't get much time to work on the car. I'm hoping to be done sometime in the Fall. I suppose that too is wishful thinking. At least I can build the linkage and intake manifold, plus a few other items. The Megasquirt will hold me back a bit as it is not cheap, but worth it. _________________ The Road of Life Should Be Driven in a BMW2002!! Happy Trails!
Date: 7-22-08 10:03 From: mtriple in Northridge Subject: Re: What should I do? What would you do? Poll ?? (nt)
Interesting question. I just snapped this yesterday while I was checking on the car's work progress at the shop:
Looks like I will be going the 320 gasket way...with a little cleavage to show :(
Hamada _________________ E36M3 535im 70Bristol02
Date: 7-22-08 10:41 From: TobyB in Seattle Subject: Re: What should I do? What would you do? Poll ?? (nt)
See, if you leave the pipe showing and it eats your plug wires
then you have to leave it by the side of the road,
some jerk might come by and steal the nice pipe,
so I'd use the 318 gasket...
it gets HOT down there!
fwiw,
t _________________ I have a car disease. There is no cure.
I'm not even managing the symptoms very well...
Date: 7-22-08 12:55 From: a54atii in Yellow Springs Subject: Re: What should I do? What would you do? Poll ?? (nt)
I have the 320 gasket with the 02Again header on my '73. The header sticks up a little higher than the stock manifold and I like the fact that the gasket helps to protect the plug wires and my hands. It runs cooler than the stock header but I still don't want to accidently touch it with my hands if I'm messing with the the plugs or wires.
Just my $.02,
Karl _________________ Listen. Think. Share. Repeat.
Date: 7-22-08 03:37 From: BarryA in Fair Oaks CA Subject: I've had a jet-hot ceramic coated tii manifold on the '69
for at least 4 years with the small gasgets with no plug wire problems at all (since ceramic-coating headers or manifolds reduces the exterior temp of the manifold significantly, the heat deflector gasget may not be needed). _________________ Barry Allen
'69 Sunroof
'82 E21 (daily driver)
'82 633CSi (wife's driver)
'65 El Camino (yard & parts hauler)
Date: 7-22-08 03:49 From: 02Les in China....again! Subject: Get the tube (nt)
(nt) _________________ Les
'74 '02 - Jade Touring (RHD)
'76 '02 - Delk's "Da Beater"
'76 '02 - Dark Met Blue (running project)
'76 '02 - Sienna (comatose project)
'76 '02 - Sahara (parts car)
'98 323i Conv - Black
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Date: 7-22-08 03:50 From: johns1974 Subject: Re: What should I do? What would you do? Poll ?? (nt)
sorry to hijack this for a second... Hamada, where is your car getting the work done? TIA
Date: 7-22-08 07:55 From: TMK-001 in Geelong, Victoria, Australia Subject: Re: What should I do? What would you do? Poll ?? (nt)
I thought the ceramic coating reduced temperatures? You should be fine sans late model gasket... _________________
Date: 7-23-08 10:56 From: mtriple in Northridge Subject: Re: What should I do? What would you do? Poll ?? (nt)
johns1974 wrote:
sorry to hijack this for a second... Hamada, where is your car getting the work done? TIA
Ronin Autowerks in Fullerton. I am hoping to get it back after 2 weeks.
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