[Healeys] gasket - exhaust manifold to down pipe

[Bob Spidell]

John,

I would be interested in gaskets for BN2s and BJ8s.  Those two are different (obviously).  Custom head gaskets are 
usually made from copper, so I would think it would be good for exhaust gaskets as well.  Don't know if pure copper or 
some alloy is used, though.

I'd pay $10/ea--maybe more--for good copper gaskets.  In fact, I tried to get this done myself but the company I was 
trying to work with showed no interest.

Bob


On 3/30/2012 11:04 PM, john spaur wrote:
> Are people still having problems with the gasket burning out? It has been so long since I drove my car, I can't recall 
> how much fun it is to replace the gasket.
>
> Not wanting to find out, I am thinking about making a bunch of copper gaskets. A friend has a machine shop and he 
> tells me it is easy to make them with a CNC machine. So... I have some questions:
>
> 1. Are the gaskets the same shape and specification for the BT7 and BJ8; or other models for that matter?
> 2. Is copper the best material or are there other materials?
> 3. If copper is the choice, what type of copper?
> 4. How thick; what gage or mm? I know I could just mic a new after-market one but I want the list advice.
> 5. Presuming others might what these gaskets, what would people be willing to pay for them? I don't need to make a 
> profit but it would be nice for the machine shop to get paid for labor which is mostly inputting the dimensions into 
> the CNC program, the cost of materials and loading and unloading the CNC machine.
>
> Any and all advice would be very helpful.
>
> Thank you,
> John Spaur
> San Jose, CA
> '62 BT7
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Bob Spidell           San Jose, CA            bspidell at comcast.net

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