[ace's68]

Originally Posted by camaroman7d

I'm sure people are laughing at you guys for buying the stock gaskets and wasting that money. There are a lot of guys that run high temp silicone for header gaskets, and yes it does work, does not burn or melt. Yep, I have used it before as well, works great.

It's not about being "trendy" that's what Pro-Touring is for. It's about using a product that works. I have used Percy's Dead soft aluminum gaskets for years and re-use them several times. How many times do you get to re-use your stock manifold gaskets? Not knocking your choice I just don't see the point of trying to down talk other member because they use a different product.

Three times, seriously.
Some gaskets are different, I for one do use the rubber 1 piece pan gasket, and rubber valve cover gaskets, they are better engineered and obviously make more sense, rubber repels water and is non porous.
I haven't used the copper or high dollar header gaskets, maybe I shouldn't judge, but passing hot gasses is pretty straight forward (insert fart jokes here), where as oil and water under pressure is an entirely different ball game.
To each his own.

[rj68RS]

wow, never thought a header leak would get this religious on gasket choices. If the Remflex graphite monsters I bought don't work, I'll try Fel-Pro manifold gaskets. I'm still going to get rid of the 3 bolt collectors at some point and go to ball/cone joints.