Hey guy I just got my long tubes from pacesetter for my Hemi and they look cool as all hell but I noticed a couple things I don't like

Some of the tubes are touching eachother before the collector and I assume that is going to set off my knock sensors so I'm going to spread them apart

The tubes are only welded on the inside of the manifold plate not the outside but the collector is fine so I'm going to weld them on the outside aswell

The gaskets it comes with literally are cardboard so I threw them out and now I'm skeptical about the bolts aswell

Anyone else noticed anything like this? Either way I'm going to use them and can't really complain about the price.

 

Get some Remflex dead-soft copper, or aluminum gaskets, and a good set of bolts. That will pretty much assure a leak-free installation. Be careful welding the tubes at the flanges, as you don't want the welds to interfere with the bolts.... they are already enough of a pain in the keester.

 

OEM exhaust manifold gaskets (trust me on this one, but you'll find the same advice throughout forums) and a quality header bolt, like Stage 8.

 

​​​​​​The OEM multi layer tin ones? I've always had luck with the felpro revised ones or am I out to lunch. Ok thank you I'll look into the better grade 8 bolts

 

Yes and not grade 8, it's Stage 8. Its a company that makes header bolts. They are what are holding my Pacesetters on lol.

 

Ok got it thank you