I installed a Bonez race pipe about a year and a bit ago i'm wondering why the damn thing keeps on blowing the gaskets has anyone had the same problem? It blows like every other day... Pisses me off. I'm tryin to get a copper gasket by they are hard to come by...

Evan

 

mine was doing the same thing... well front gasket was blowing about every week... the nut and bolt were vibrating loose... i used some loctite on them and it's been good for 2 months now... and i jsut use teh $1.07 advance auto gaskets...

 

I installed the race pipe about two months ago and it has not given me a problem since. Mine came with lock washers and nuts that have little ridges on the bottom. From what I can tell those keep the pipe nice and snug against the exhaust manifold.

 

I've never heard of anything like that

 

Lately, i've had problems with my down pipe leaking....if my hood is open the smoke pours out of it, like mad.

 

Is that in reference to my post or just the thread in general?

 

Its a common problem for the gasket to blow on the Bonez Race pipe. They should R&D tested it before selling the damn thing!.. The bend is directly at the gasket! You can try cutting the flange off and replacing it with a much thicker flange.

 

So a metal gasket wont work?

 

There's a guy I know here in STL that keeps blowing that gasket. The theory is that the cat is clogged which is causing a huge amount of backpressure, which is causing it to fail. I don't agree with it, because I don't think that much backpressure is possible. But, it may be worth looking into.

 

i dont have any cats. But thanks for the tip

 

I'd do the flange replacement if it is that big of a deal.