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Re: Restoring Rusty
in the search for the right shade for mine in a rattle can i figured out there is about 200 different camo/olive/od greens. i ended up using krylon ultra flat olive part number 4293.
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another day another header exhaust leak, man I tell you those siamese ports just love to leak
yeah I was still using those silly three separate FelPro crush gaskitz |
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and here's some evidence on the header flanges, man is this deja vu all over again
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alright so we wire wheel the head exhaust ports clean
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this time finally we are going to use the REMFLEX 2011 gaskets
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REMFLEX makes at least three different small block chevy gaskets so we was sure to pic the one for the Vortec aka L31 cylinder heads
2005 - 2006 - 1-3/8" x 1-1/2" Square Port 2011 - 1-3/8" x 1-1/2" Raised Square Port Note it says: "Raised square port" maybe that's they key, a properly port matched gasket, lol I'm just trying to help out anyone out there in the forum land who may be looking for information on this stuff, that's all |
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here's my best attempt to show you how the 2011 REMFLEX gasket fits the Vortec L31 cylinder head
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and here's how the 2011 REMFLEX gaskets fit the Hooker headers
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well since we removed the spark plugs to make it easier to get the passenger side header out might as well check them
I don't know about you but they look perfect to me from left to right: #8 - #6 - #4 - #2 Last edited by Gregski; 09-18-2016 at 03:26 AM. |
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so since I already had the header off I decided now was as good time as any to cut out the resonators out of the Magnaflow exhaust to see if we can put some bark back into it
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this is where the Magic Happens
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I had good luck using the oem exhaust gaskets that are specific for vortec heads.
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Looks like lots of the magic happens on the little white step stool
![]() Greg, dude, thanks for keeping this going! I re read a bunch of this and it will serve as a reference for quite some time into the future. Like the pictures of Rusty, out and about. Really cool that you went thru the process of grabbing that 833 4 speed OD. Would like to have that in a shorty like yours. Please don't get tired of taking it to the Gregski level and bringing it to us with your pictures and own brand of prose. Thanks for the info and the entertainment! LT7A |
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Man I hope your exhaust comes out good for you. In my experience with small displacement motors (non V8s), the resonators help take away the raspiness. I run flowmasters on two V8 vehicles and am very happy with the performance and sound, but I don't display the sticker or have the tattoo.
They are tuned cat back systems so I think that makes a difference, as do the cats. I think they are both 50 series. The description of the 40 series made me shy away from them. In your case, I think that full tail pipes would also help with the drone. Good luck! |
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I enjoy your thread greatly. THe only quibble I have is calling this thing rusty. Here in Michigan rusty implies box fell off, no rockers, no lower doors, and at least 1 cab mount is missing.
LOL.
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alright well lets take a look at the spark plugs on the driver's side
Oh my that can't be good Check out the #5 plug the second one from the left, that be what we call carbon build up it's hard as a rock |
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time to remove the Hooker header off of the driver side, on this side we were running a Mr. Gasket gray gasket and to no surprise this side leaked too, I don't even flinch any more people, headers leak
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and how does the header look like, ah yes, SBD this side was Silent But Deadly
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and just a quick look see at that Mr. Gasket gasket off the truck - aka The Smoking Gun
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Biggest thing once you have them back on is to 1) get them hot, and then 2) torque them while they're hot.
Lots easier to do this if you have the socket-cap header bolts, and use a hex ball driver. This set comes with the ball driver: http://www.jegs.com/i/Mr-Gasket/720/3420G/10002/-1
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