hey, does anyone know of a cheaper place to find or a cheaper replacement for the turbo to downpipe gasket? $50-$60 is CRAZY.

 

i did a search for a cheaper one a while back and was unsuccessful...ended up getting it from racing beat. the exhaust shop i went to saw it in their catalog but then called the place and they dont stock it anymore...if you find one you would make a lot of people happy

 

That was the answer i was afraid of. I wish u could cut these things like regular gaskets.

 

thats wat it cost man, it sucks. just be glad its not a 3rd gen is all i can say!

 

there was a guy on ebay selling the copper gaskets but they where a pain and leaked like a **** but from what i heard you have to do with copper gaskets is put them on and run the car with the leaks until it's heated up and then get out of the car and bolt them down even further while the pipes are still hot.

 

Yep, Mazdatrix appears to be the cheapest at 49.55. Unless you are in the Mazda Motorsports Support program. I'd be worried about the quality of anything that cost less, though.

 

i got lucky and found a used one i here.. i seen it go up and 5 minutes later it was sold.

 

use permatex copper.

 

I found a local company that will custom-make any gasket you want to whatever shape you provide them. I had engine-manifold, manifold-turbo and turbo-downpipe gaskets made and the cost was about a third what Mazda wanted. These are at least as good as the OEM gaskets too, maybe better IMO. I'm sure you could find someone in your city that can do something similar. Pull out the Yellow Pages and start ringing around.

 

when it comes to power reliabilty and durability of a part dont go cheaper u might regret it just calm down take a deep breath and unfortunatly drop the cash

 

I don't like "dropping cash" when I can find a similar or better product for much less money...