RB gaskets are great except they are orange :lol:

novarossi ones should be purple ;)

i can sell the nova original ones for 2.95$ each if you want them

lmk if anybody needs any

thats funn you mention purple because the amain nova gaskets are a kinda an of white tan color :deathstar
nova gasket
im taking orange over that :lol:
but yeh the ones that came with my motor and pipes are purple
i would get at least 6 if it helps an order

nova ones come in blue , black and white . i have seen some that were made of a different material also , they were harder than the standard soft silicone .

the ones i get are typically blue

pm me if your gonna order some ..or if to much trouble i can just use the dyn or rb ...thanks

if you want me to order them i will , i keep a few for personal stock but not quantities .

6 gallons on my HES pre-ran +4 turbo and only needed new rod @ 6 gallon mark.......awesome break in service for sure......thanks as always Monty for taking care of me......holla' :tire:

looking forward to trying the plus4 with TKO's and a new 9901ss/41021 in the Xray car.......gonna be dialed :tire:

HI:p

Hey guys,

hi Monty, just a small question after Trevors's comment, well, i normally change rods after 3 gallons, but how can you say that the rod has gone bad or still good to go?? 6 gallons sounds great man...just tell me the way to inspect or what to look for.

cheers

Ali

just manually check rod slop and measure the crankpin diameters . engines will last a long time if you keep your filter very very clean and sealed up well . take a new crank/rod and see how much side deflection and oil gap there is . then judge how much you have by taking your findings and compare to the new one , good common sense will tell you if it is really wore out or not ;)

one guy on here had a little dgree measurement he used when looking at the rod flop in degrees .

will prolly go with the rb or dyn ...do you have a link to the dynamite ones ..couldnt find them on amain :)

Over the year's of trying all the different brands ive come to realize Rb and Nova's are the best for that config.....the Jpx/Picco lineup has the motor side beat tho....its a Simple piece of silicone tubing and lasts 10X longer then any regular style....but that's only on picco/jpx and only the motor side......for the pipe i feel its very Important to make sure the pipe hanger is only supporting the pipe and not pulling it or tweeking out the connection's between the pipe/header and the header/block....ive seen it all too many time's where a pipe/header seal is all torn and cock eyed and the user is confused why the chassis is soaked in fuel and the motor wont run right. :lol:

i carry those normally also ;)
they are 4.50$ for 2 gaskets with one header spring and 6 header to pipe springs .

Thanks for the info Houston. I have the bearing but could you pm me a price on the connecting rod? Thanks.

www.houstonsengineservice.com 55$

Thanks Monty for the explaination :D