Intake gaskets

I haven't had leaking problems on the 351-c but have had on my 302. The Felpros seem to be to hard and thin and on the 302 the Mr.Gasket 213's are .125" thick and so far have corrected the problem.

I haven't looked for the Mr.Gasket 214 but try Summit. They had the 213's. That's where I'd look right now. Jeg's tries but is mostly lip service and just causes false hope and delays because they don't stock anything,

As a side note you do remember the point of using silicone in "the corners" right?

Thanks, Doug. Actually, I replace the entire China wall gasket with a bead of silicone, running about 1/2 inch onto the heads at all four corners.

I ordered Mr. Gasket 214 last night from Summit.

Fel-Pro 1228 has a terrible history of leaking so that one is best avoided by everyone.

95078SG from Victor Reinz seems to no longer be available.

Edelbrock does not have a gasket for the stock iron heads and actually recommends the 1228

Larry

well, I did produce my intake gaskets myself. There is special gasket paper bulk available. Comes in diffent thickness so option for a perfect fit.

Needs some pattern work but doable..incl the silicon on the front and rear edges. I used the old gasket a raw pattern starter.

Matthias

I would also recommend that you do not use the cork end gaskets and instead just use a bead of rtv silicone. The cork can be too thick and hard and cause the entire manifold not to sit down far enough in the v.

I just had that problem with the 302.

@lf-tp2511 posted:

Thanks, Doug. Actually, I replace the entire China wall gasket with a bead of silicone, running about 1/2 inch onto the heads at all four corners.

I ordered Mr. Gasket 214 last night from Summit.

Fel-Pro 1228 has a terrible history of leaking so that one is best avoided by everyone.

95078SG from Victor Reinz seems to no longer be available.

Edelbrock does not have a gasket for the stock iron heads and actually recommends the 1228

Larry

I actually respect Edelbrock's efforts but I find myself often at odds with them in that often their decisions seem to be to their own benefit rather then the individual customers needs.

For instance. Have you ever seen them do a dual four intake manifold designed for a Holley carb? I haven't. They own the AFB design and manufacture it under their own Edelbrock carb identity.

While I suppose it is good business sense in their view it isn't what I need or I think what the high performance consumer in general wants?