intake gasket help

protechmn

protechmn

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does anyone know who still carries intake gasket sets for our syty's? ive tried every local parts store and engine warehouse and even on several attempts to special order them ive ended up w a refund...i know they are discontinued but someone has to still have a few sets available for sale...(i hope:( )...any help would be greatly appreciated guys, thanx in advance...
 
GAShan

GAShan

Donating Member
Re: intake gasket help

Look for Fel Pro 1268's. A few parts places around me still have them. I think it's the right app for us.
 
ed hess

ed hess

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Re: intake gasket help

fyi. you can make a paper template, mail it to sce gaskets and have your own gaskets made.

I did this for my ported pontiac heads.

they will give them a part number and you can then reorder whenever.

Initial setup charge wasnt to bad but i dont recall. but I think i got a box of like a dozen sets for like 200-300.
 
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KBowman

Donating Member
Re: intake gasket help

Michael Hood, I see you have 3 different ones for normal heads. I am thinking I like these...
4.3L Performance Intake Gaskets (FelPro)
$25.00
Which do you suggest?
Thanks
 
K

KBowman

Donating Member
Re: intake gasket help

Sorry for the hijack...
Hood are those other 25.00 ones like the old felpro print-o-seal where they have a raised what looks like sealer built in to them? I used to really like those back in the day.
 
GAShan

GAShan

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Re: intake gasket help

OK, now I'm confused. FelPro has three part numbers for the V6.
#1202 1.28x2.10 intake .060 thick
#1203 1.34x2.21 .060
#1268 1.15x2.18 .090
Which is closest to stock? I think the 1202 but my supplier says discontinued.
 
sytyguy

sytyguy

Moderated User
Re: intake gasket help

1202 is not discontinued. I ordered several sets from FelPro yesterday.

1202s are the performance gasket for stock style manifolds. 1203s are the performance gasket for vortec swaps (raised runner).
 
sytyguy

sytyguy

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Re: intake gasket help

I've sold 30-40 sets of 1202s in the last 6 months and have yet to have any indication that they are prone to failure due to inadequate fit. A GAST member near Valdosta has been running them for 5 months now and has consistently put 25 psi to them.....no problems, yet. I'll be the first to admit that I'm not a huge FelPro fan and the gaskets they make that are SyTy friendly are few and far between, but it's due to this recent success of usage that I decided to add them to my webcart.

Having said that, I sincerely hope we see no issues out of this intake set.....as OE replacements are scarce now.....much less in 5 years. Though I may call SCE tomorrow and see about getting a bunch of gaskets duplicated (like Ed mentioned) and offering them.
 
sytyguy

sytyguy

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Re: intake gasket help

I know of at least 12 of these trucks running (I turned the wrenches on 5 of them), but expect there are more. Not all of these sales were SyTy projects and not all are going to take years to finish. Some were head jobs (valve seals), some were valvetrain upgrades, and 2 were pulled to clean & paint the lower intake.....that I know of. All weekend jobs within reason. Others were projects, but to assume that only 3% of SyTy intake gasket sales are for repairs that can be done in a reasonable time, is inaccurate.....at best.

I'm not arguing either.....and I have absolutely nothing invested in these gaskets.....I hope they work, but if they don't, then we'll (as a community) find an alternative. The stock gasket (MS93346) has a shorter runner, IIRC (will get a set to compare asap) and may work, but I too am a staunch believer that nothing will compare to the OE VR gasket.....but "needs must when the devil drives."

I too don't feel that the 1202 is the pefect alternative to the MS16154, and anyone who has an issue with a 1202 purchased from HTP, will gladly receive an alternate gasket or a refund.
 
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KBowman

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Re: intake gasket help

I have not done intake gaskets on anything in the last 10 years. But when I used to do that type of work I would glue the gasket to the head and the end seals to the block with sealer and not to the intake and that looks like what you did Dave? I also would not use the end seals if it was a aftermarket intake manifold and use rtv instead. If it was a stock manifold I would glue the end seals to the block and then on top a small bead of rtv at the corner where the end seals meet the intake gaskets. Is this what you all do now and what type of sealer or sealers do you all use or recommend these days? I probably should search this but I am interested in Dave's and Michael Hoods answers and anyone else who has experience in this. I would think that glueing would make it alot less susceptible to blowing out.
Thanks in advance.
 
sytyguy

sytyguy

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Re: intake gasket help

KBowman said:
I have not done intake gaskets on anything in the last 10 years. But when I used to do that type of work I would glue the gasket to the head and the end seals to the block with sealer and not to the intake and that looks like what you did Dave? I also would not use the end seals if it was a aftermarket intake manifold and use rtv instead. If it was a stock manifold I would glue the end seals to the block and then on top a small bead of rtv at the corner where the end seals meet the intake gaskets. Is this what you all do now and what type of sealer or sealers do you all use or recommend these days? I probably should search this but I am interested in Dave's and Michael Hoods answers and anyone else who has experience in this. I would think that glueing would make it alot less susceptible to blowing out.
Thanks in advance.
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What I use on just about anything - http://www.permatex.com/products/Au..._Oil_Resistance_RTV_Silicone_Gasket_Maker.htm
 
blacktyaffair

blacktyaffair

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Re: intake gasket help

sytyguy said:
I know of at least 12 of these trucks running (I turned the wrenches on 5 of them), but expect there are more. Not all of these sales were SyTy projects and not all are going to take years to finish. Some were head jobs (valve seals), some were valvetrain upgrades, and 2 were pulled to clean & paint the lower intake.....that I know of. All weekend jobs within reason. Others were projects, but to assume that only 3% of SyTy intake gasket sales are for repairs that can be done in a reasonable time, is inaccurate.....at best.

I'm not arguing either.....and I have absolutely nothing invested in these gaskets.....I hope they work, but if they don't, then we'll (as a community) find an alternative. The stock gasket (MS93346) has a shorter runner, IIRC (will get a set to compare asap) and may work, but I too am a staunch believer that nothing will compare to the OE VR gasket.....but "needs must when the devil drives."

I too don't feel that the 1202 is the pefect alternative to the MS16154, and anyone who has an issue with a 1202 purchased from HTP, will gladly receive an alternate gasket or a refund.
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I am going on 1500 miles or so on a set of MS93346's. All the ports matched up just fine. I am only running stock boost setting for now but will hopefully go to 50lb injectors, methanol injection and bump up the boost a bit. So far so good. Hood thanks for the 50lb bin, I made it to nats on a stock chip and have not had time to try it.
 
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