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Silicone baking sheet as a blower gasket

kfish

kfish

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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.
 


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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Dude for real, after all the work of putting everything together you're going to risk it by putting a piece of baking material between it?

Get a gasket dude, i'm sure bob at SDD can help you out. Shoot him an email to [email protected] or visit their website at Sinister Drag Designs - Chicagolands new performance specialist! I'm sure he'll agree that baking sheets aren't going to "cut" it (LOL i crack my a$$ up)
 
um, its been done before, i dont see the issue. but im not going that route anyways. i thought id still have my original gasket to use as a pattern, but it got all ripped up. so im just gonna but a sc and tb gasket tomorrow.
 
Well then, baking is your thing, go for it! When you post up a thread about weird idle issues and vacuum leaks i'll go ahead and link this thread. As you said, get an sc/tb gasket, don't do this whether it's been done before or not, it's not a good idea, period.
 
Not on any ones side here but if the silicone sheet could stand the heat and was torqued properly I honestly dont see any leaking probles
Once again not choosing sides just dont see why it wouldnt work
 
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Just thought I'd chime in and say that silicone gaskets do work. There's a guy that lives in Chandler AZ that I know personally that installed a Gen V with a stage 3 ZZP intercooler and proceeded to run 12's all day in 90 plus degree weather and no vacuum leaks with home made silicone gaskets.
 


yea no ****! but you cant tell this guy anything. hes always right. o well ill just go buy a gasket
 
if someone said they were gonna sell me baked silcone gaskets at a parts store i might just go to another store.

seeing as how people have said it has worked well okay. would i still kinda dought it, yea. what if when it bakes up the gasket deforms some and your left with a not so stock gaskets.

would i try it, maybe, would i use a **** load of rtv with it, **** yea.
 
Yea i run a silicone gasket. It has been brought up before and i tried to bring it up at club gp and was laughed at. Go figure.
 


Yea it is. But i agree with agrazela, i bought it on ebay as a large sheet and its thinner mainly, the ones you buy at the store are kinda thick.
 


minichopper6hp said:
You could. It just gets pricey when you take off the blower alot and have to buy a new gasket each time. You can make a reusable silicone one for $10.
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UNLESS...you don't run it that often and all your coolant passages are closed on the LIM...I've re-used a few blowers gaskets with no issues.
 
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