RB gaskets are great except they are orange

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
nova gasket
im taking orange over that
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'

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

HI

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.

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