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Red370 · 10-07-2009, 10:28 PM

well I bought my berk HFC's used, and it didnt come with any gaskets to go between the exhaust manifold and the cat. Couldnt buy any locally, so i was SOL. Well the guy helping me install them recommended we use liquid gasket, which basically is a tube filled with high temp silicone. We put it on around the flanges/bolt areas, etc, and bolted it down. Mind you, there wasnt a whole lot of space between the exhaust manifold and cat when it was bolted up. We applied the stuff, bolted em down good and tight, let it dry, and I went on my merry way. Anyone ever use this stuff? Do you think it will hold up? The stuff said its good up to 500 degrees, and he says he's used it to connect headers to exhausts before, what do you guys think?

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Red370 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Kaiserslautern, Germany Posts: 4,391 Drives: your mom to church Rep Power: 295	Question, and could use some opinions.. well I bought my berk HFC's used, and it didnt come with any gaskets to go between the exhaust manifold and the cat. Couldnt buy any locally, so i was SOL. Well the guy helping me install them recommended we use liquid gasket, which basically is a tube filled with high temp silicone. We put it on around the flanges/bolt areas, etc, and bolted it down. Mind you, there wasnt a whole lot of space between the exhaust manifold and cat when it was bolted up. We applied the stuff, bolted em down good and tight, let it dry, and I went on my merry way. Anyone ever use this stuff? Do you think it will hold up? The stuff said its good up to 500 degrees, and he says he's used it to connect headers to exhausts before, what do you guys think? __________________ 2011 Mustang 5.0 \| 3.55's \| Lethal Performance off road H-Pipe \| Magnaflow Muffler Delete \| JLT CAI/Bama tuned 417whp/ 404 ft/lbs