Intake manifold gasket templates
03-01-10, 05:03 PM
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Intake manifold gasket templates
Searched and couldn't find what i wanted. Surprised i didn't see it archived....hint hint 
I bought a roll of gasket paper because OEM gasket prices are a rip off(at least the lower manifold to engine gasket is ovepriced)
I remember seeing a thread that had all the gaskets scanned in and at actual size but can't find it now.
Can someone post up the S4 lower intake manifold gasket(mates to engine)
And also the upper intake manifold gasket? Or even the thread that had all of them at actual size?
I know the other ways of tracing gaskets but my engine isn't apart yet and would like to make the gaskets in the mean time.
Please dont crap in my thread. Help or GTFO. THANKS - Nick
I bought a roll of gasket paper because OEM gasket prices are a rip off(at least the lower manifold to engine gasket is ovepriced)
I remember seeing a thread that had all the gaskets scanned in and at actual size but can't find it now.
Can someone post up the S4 lower intake manifold gasket(mates to engine)
And also the upper intake manifold gasket? Or even the thread that had all of them at actual size?
I know the other ways of tracing gaskets but my engine isn't apart yet and would like to make the gaskets in the mean time.
Please dont crap in my thread. Help or GTFO. THANKS - Nick
03-01-10, 11:08 PM
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Mazdatrix has the gasket for $40. I don't see how that is a ripoff seeing as it will last 10 years or more. I don't ever remember seeing that thread you're talking about though. It would probably be easier to wait until you get the manifold off.
03-01-10, 11:11 PM
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GREAT! So people only like to post in the FC section to crap on others?....Yea sounds about right.
Well im not paying $40+ for a stupid LIM gasket. I bought a roll of paper gasket for $5, sure its not OEM but it will do the job.
If no one can scan actual size of LIM and UIM gaskets then i will have have to wait till i have my manifolds removed. Whatevs
Well im not paying $40+ for a stupid LIM gasket. I bought a roll of paper gasket for $5, sure its not OEM but it will do the job.
If no one can scan actual size of LIM and UIM gaskets then i will have have to wait till i have my manifolds removed. Whatevs
03-01-10, 11:47 PM
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unfortunately, it's not as simple as scan and upload,
the photo is going to be resized/distorted via your computer/upload process
it's not exactly a "print and trace" deal.
to make it that way..
someone proficient in a Cad program would have to spend an hour measuring the gasket
draw it out in the program
upload it for you
that being said
it takes me 30 minutes to take off my throttle body, uim, lim. Including draining the coolant.
what's stopping you from using the manifolds and making these gaskets the easy way?
the photo is going to be resized/distorted via your computer/upload process
it's not exactly a "print and trace" deal.
to make it that way..
someone proficient in a Cad program would have to spend an hour measuring the gasket
draw it out in the program
upload it for you
that being said
it takes me 30 minutes to take off my throttle body, uim, lim. Including draining the coolant.
what's stopping you from using the manifolds and making these gaskets the easy way?
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03-02-10, 12:02 AM
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then you're ordering the steel type of gasket, they still make them in paper and you didn't specify. in fact i don't even think they make them in steel for the series 4, but they do for the series 5. i have a stack of S4 LIM to block gaskets collecting dust.
edit: i see what you mean since both mazdatrix and atkins don't list them but believe me i'm sure both of them stock the generic paper gaskets. the series 4 generic rebuild gasket kit(the kit contains OEM inner seals) contains a paper S4 LIM n/a to block gasket which most of us pitch aside.
edit: i see what you mean since both mazdatrix and atkins don't list them but believe me i'm sure both of them stock the generic paper gaskets. the series 4 generic rebuild gasket kit(the kit contains OEM inner seals) contains a paper S4 LIM n/a to block gasket which most of us pitch aside.
03-02-10, 12:08 AM
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Im looking for the paper gasket. They dont make steel lower intake to engine type of gasket for S4 n/a that i ever knew of.
So your saying you have plenty S4 n/a intake manifold to engine paper gaskets laying around? Are they BRAND NEW? Shoot me a PM price shipped to 11778? - Nick
So your saying you have plenty S4 n/a intake manifold to engine paper gaskets laying around? Are they BRAND NEW? Shoot me a PM price shipped to 11778? - Nick
03-02-10, 12:09 AM
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$5 bucks is a great price for a LIM gasket.
I recently bought one, so save my engine catching fire, I don't think I'll need one for a minute.
Nick,
Putting a film silicone on both sides of the gasket ensures a normally clean removal. Once you get one made, cut a few out. It'll save some headache in the event of a replacement. Some things seem way less complex than they are, it's usually in the details. Accurate reproduction is a pita sometimes.
Good Luck!
-Marc
I recently bought one, so save my engine catching fire, I don't think I'll need one for a minute.
Nick,
Putting a film silicone on both sides of the gasket ensures a normally clean removal. Once you get one made, cut a few out. It'll save some headache in the event of a replacement. Some things seem way less complex than they are, it's usually in the details. Accurate reproduction is a pita sometimes.
Good Luck!
-Marc
03-02-10, 12:13 AM
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$5 bucks is a great price for a LIM gasket.
I recently bought one, so save my engine catching fire, I don't think I'll need one for a minute.
Nick,
Putting a film silicone on both sides of the gasket ensures a normally clean removal. Once you get one made, cut a few out. It'll save some headache in the event of a replacement. Some things seem way less complex than they are, it's usually in the details. Accurate reproduction is a pita sometimes.
Good Luck!
-Marc
I recently bought one, so save my engine catching fire, I don't think I'll need one for a minute.
Nick,
Putting a film silicone on both sides of the gasket ensures a normally clean removal. Once you get one made, cut a few out. It'll save some headache in the event of a replacement. Some things seem way less complex than they are, it's usually in the details. Accurate reproduction is a pita sometimes.
Good Luck!
-Marc
03-02-10, 12:18 AM
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it's a prudent idea, especially if you've got a bunch of material.
and just a little silicone, it's 100% fine to use dry gaskets
but I've been putting just a little bit of it on there
and I've yet to have a problem
my Fc, E30, or my E21
and just a little silicone, it's 100% fine to use dry gaskets
but I've been putting just a little bit of it on there
and I've yet to have a problem
my Fc, E30, or my E21
03-02-10, 12:18 AM
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both the one on mazdatrix and atkins specify that the $30 S4 LIM to block gaskets they are selling are steel.
in fact they just phased out the old S4 LIM gasket on both sites and use the new steel one for both S4/5, the only difference is the EGR port under the middle of the primary ports is non functional on the S4 and isn't there on the gasket. the only real reason i can think that they did this is for $, it could be that mazda also discontinued it and only makes the one style gasket now, although there is aftermarket vendors as well..
i will admit though that the steel gaskets are nice, since they are basically permanently reusable. just clean them off and spray them with copper gasket spray sealer and slap them back on. the FD's basically all are steel gaskets and all the accessory gaskets are reusable.
in fact they just phased out the old S4 LIM gasket on both sites and use the new steel one for both S4/5, the only difference is the EGR port under the middle of the primary ports is non functional on the S4 and isn't there on the gasket. the only real reason i can think that they did this is for $, it could be that mazda also discontinued it and only makes the one style gasket now, although there is aftermarket vendors as well..
i will admit though that the steel gaskets are nice, since they are basically permanently reusable. just clean them off and spray them with copper gasket spray sealer and slap them back on. the FD's basically all are steel gaskets and all the accessory gaskets are reusable.
03-02-10, 01:01 AM
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wow. I've never seen the s4/s5 lim to block gasket in steel. I've pulled my manifold 3 times on my s5 and always had a paper gasket to put on there. I knew about the steel exhaust gaskets tho.
03-02-10, 01:15 PM
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GREAT! So people only like to post in the FC section to crap on others?....Yea sounds about right.
Well im not paying $40+ for a stupid LIM gasket. I bought a roll of paper gasket for $5, sure its not OEM but it will do the job.
If no one can scan actual size of LIM and UIM gaskets then i will have have to wait till i have my manifolds removed. Whatevs
Well im not paying $40+ for a stupid LIM gasket. I bought a roll of paper gasket for $5, sure its not OEM but it will do the job.
If no one can scan actual size of LIM and UIM gaskets then i will have have to wait till i have my manifolds removed. Whatevs
Sure it's only 5usd but you can't find the templates and its not going to last as long as the oem gaskets. Stop trying to save 35usd and just buy the gasket set or quit complaining when no one wants to do the work for you.
03-02-10, 03:54 PM
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I personally think that paying for a factory gasket that you'll never have to worry about again is far cheaper and easier in the long run than spending $5 on gasket material, figuring out it's shape, cutting that shape out to the best of your ability, and then installing it to find that it doesn't seal well, which makes you try it over and over again until after sucking a chunk of gasket sealer into the engine you finally concede. Then after 3 weeks of swearing and taking the manifold off and reinstalling it a half dozen times you go ahead and just buy a factory one anyways. That's just me though.
Atkins sells that gasket on ebay for $35 with free shipping and Rotary Resurrection has it on ebay for $25 with free shipping so you are really only trying to save $20. What is that 1/2 of a tank of gas?
Atkins sells that gasket on ebay for $35 with free shipping and Rotary Resurrection has it on ebay for $25 with free shipping so you are really only trying to save $20. What is that 1/2 of a tank of gas?
03-02-10, 04:07 PM
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Well whatever NOT trying to start anything, hate thread crapin. Im not lazy.But i am alittle cheap. (got laid off work 2 weeks ago) If you read my first post you will see i dont have my manifolds apart yet so i was trying to get a template in the mean time. But its all good now, Karack is shipping me a real gasket today. I will use that gasket but make extra with my gasket roll first.
P.S My first post said HELP or GTFO
