P.O.G.U.E.

G'day guys,

Sorry to be asking stupid questions, but with the E series 6's do the bolts for the headers have to be torqued and removed in sequence or is that only the case with the head bolts?

The bloody mechanic who just put the head back on my EL has used the gasket for the standard exhaust manifold and it looks like crap with a set of pacemakers.

Cheers,

Mike

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1997 EL Fairmont Ghia
XR6 Engine, Pacemakers, Hi-flow Cat, 2 1/2" Lukey sytem, XR8 intake, K & N Pod, LSD.

FPVWEPN

your not supposed to use a gasket with extractors just use the gasket seal stuff and form a gasket around each of the 6 primaries. No there is no tightening sequence with header bolts

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95' EF Futura 5-SPEED MANUAL
Alpine,Pioneer,JBL,MTX Stereo
King Springs Superlows, K-mac camber-castor kit, colour coded interior, AU3 Xr8 Snorkle, K&N pod Filter, Deribbed Air Box, AutoLite Plugs, JMM Race Series Headers, High flow cat, 2.5 inch Redback exaust, 3" stainless steel intake, dev 5 cam, rollmaster timing gear, crow valve springs, stainless steel valves, dev 5 head, au headgasket, 4.11 LSD "174 rwks!!!"

MLS

I'm real glad you don't work on my car FPVWEPN!!!

9psi EB

There are proper extractor gaskets that come with most extractors, they look like a thin metal sheet, and they come up over the gaps between the primaries to sheild the heat off the spark plug's and leads.
See pic (my previous EB)

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EDXR8

Actually he is right. Pacemaker now specify no gaskets with most of their headers, just some Hi-temp silicon gasket maker.

P.O.G.U.E.

Sweet no bolt sequence. So Pacemaker don't reckon you need an extractor gasket?

There was a proper extractor gasket on the car after I had the Pacies fitted the other week. I'm just a little nervous about bolting the headers back up without a gasket. Has anyone fitted the Pacies without a gasket? No problems?

Cheers,

Mike.

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1997 EL Fairmont Ghia
XR6 Engine, Pacemakers, Hi-flow Cat, 2 1/2" Lukey sytem, XR8 intake, K & N Pod, LSD.

INJECTED250

just use the factory steel shim gasket

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EB FALCON
98 T5 gear box (was auto)
Wade 977b cam
3.7 lsd
AU bottem end
ELXR6 ported Head
PH4480 Pacemakers

EDXR8

I was also a little concerned but did it on both my brothers car and mine and it works very well.

Ruger

in an old service manual i have it says to start on the outer bolts and work inside when tightening and the opposite for taking off

eb2flyz

i would use a gasket just for safety, and helps if there is same warp in the head or the extractors/manifold. play it safe fit one they dont cost much.

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