Putting on a new set of exhaust pipes.. the gaskets are a bitch to slide on, are they suppose to be that difficult to get on?

 

my new gaskets were that way to when i just did the head gaskets and stuff. i had nice gaskets to.

i had to elongate the bolt hole, and run a round file around the gasket opening and shoved the thing on.

then i didn't tighten one bolt enough, i tightened it, but it came out on my shakedown run. ended up getting stage 8 kit for the exhaust pipe bolts.

 

After you put the shovel gasket on. Get one evo exhaust gasket, slice it in half (use sharpe exacto knife). You'll have to "stretch" it to get it over your pipe on top of your shovel gasket. Now put your pipe on and the evo gasket with "crush" down tight. You will not have a leak. One evo gasket is all you need. OK, many a couple for practice until you get the cutting down. Never have to use any sealant.
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I always use two gaskets The one to the head is a copper crush style backed up with a reg gasket