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Silicone baking sheet as a blower gasket

kfish said:
i read somewhere that someone did this for their intercooler to seal. just wondering if there were any side effects to it or not. im working on a home port job on my blower, and i figured this would make a great reusable gasket. also any suggestions on porting? i got a good idea of where i wanna go, along with filling the silencer ports.
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If you plan on pulling the blower on and off a lot, it might be worth it. Worst case is you have a bum "gasket" and have to pull the blower off to replace it with something stock...which would not be an issue. If you are going to bolt the blower back on there and be done with it, stick with stock. I would used quite a bit of red RTV with the silicone option, though.

Where is "St. Marys"?
 


JoshMcMadMac said:
If you plan on pulling the blower on and off a lot, it might be worth it. Worst case is you have a bum "gasket" and have to pull the blower off to replace it with something stock...which would not be an issue. If you are going to bolt the blower back on there and be done with it, stick with stock. I would used quite a bit of red RTV with the silicone option, though.

Where is "St. Marys"?
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You do know that red rtv is by far the worse one they make.
 


JoshMcMadMac said:
Ok...you have an empty statement, back it up for me.
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In general, red is an old formulation. It's not sensor safe and it's oil resistance is marginal compared to modern RTV. I've even heard it can be corrosive, but I've never seen any hard data to back that up. I use black for general purpose use, and copper if I need higher temp. I don't see a need for red.
 
ive never really had a problem with red. its all ive really used. used it for my lim gaskets and my waterpump gasket.

recently on my 92 caprice, i pulled the waterpump completly apart, put it all back together with red rtv, used no gaskets at all, even rtv'ed up a hole on the top of the water pump that was leaking. i simply just put rtv over the hole and smeared it around with my finger and it actually sealed up like that in below 32* weather.

it may not be the best, but it works pretty decent.

o and it holds fish tanks together too :th_laugh-lol2: and was not toxic for my fish
 
blowfishRus6 said:
ive never really had a problem with red. its all ive really used. used it for my lim gaskets and my waterpump gasket.

recently on my 92 caprice, i pulled the waterpump completly apart, put it all back together with red rtv, used no gaskets at all, even rtv'ed up a hole on the top of the water pump that was leaking. i simply just put rtv over the hole and smeared it around with my finger and it actually sealed up like that in below 32* weather.

it may not be the best, but it works pretty decent.

o and it holds fish tanks together too :th_laugh-lol2: and was not toxic for my fish
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the whole sitting right where the bearings are on the waterpump???????
 


same here as well Did he do the questions thing to win a srewdriver light thing to

All i have rtv wise it copper black and silver
 
01GTP said:
Had a guy from permitex come and talk to us. It is not sensor safe, its corrisive, is not as oil resistant as grey or black. Grey or the right stuff is what you want for engine copper for exhaust.
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Cool...I will spread the word, then. Red RTV has been the high-temp standby for eons, but I guess there are better options now from the same folks!
 
wickedintent79 said:
same here as well Did he do the questions thing to win a srewdriver light thing to

All i have rtv wise it copper black and silver
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yup sure did. he also gave us a buncha sample packs of their different stuff. dielectric grease, brake quiet. The dollar packs you see at the sales register at the parts store.
 
kfish said:
yup sure did. he also gave us a buncha sample packs of their different stuff. dielectric grease, brake quiet. The dollar packs you see at the sales register at the parts store.
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those sample packs actually saved my a$$ on a job where i came up short on stuff
 


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