Case gasket material

[JonCraig]

I need to make a NLA case gasket. Thickness is 0.02”. Anything I need to look out for/avoid when I go to my local parts store to buy sheets of gasket material?

Thank you!

 

[Lightning Performance]

No shiny sides on the material. The white shiny stuff sucks. Ask guys who blew out case gaskets using it.

 

[Basher]

I make crankcase gaskets out of Fel Pro Karropak #3047.

 

[Al Smith]

Well the thickness of the cardboard on a 24 pack of Bud Light is 22 thou if that helps .That aside about any of that typical brown gasket paper should work .Most of that stuff is rolled up in a tube .You about have to lay it out flat on a table and put a couple big books on it for a couple days to flatten it out .

 

[Lone Wolf]

Well the thickness of the cardboard on a 24 pack of Bud Light is 22 thou if that helps .That aside about any of that typical brown gasket paper should work .Most of that stuff is rolled up in a tube .You about have to lay it out flat on a table and put a couple big books on it for a couple days to flatten it out .

Water will make it lay flatter fast just wet it.

 

[Lone Wolf]

Well the thickness of the cardboard on a 24 pack of Bud Light is 22 thou if that helps .That aside about any of that typical brown gasket paper should work .Most of that stuff is rolled up in a tube .You about have to lay it out flat on a table and put a couple big books on it for a couple days to flatten it out .

Water will make it lay flatter fast just wet it.

 

[JonCraig]

I make crankcase gaskets out of Fel Pro Karropak #3047.

Fel Pro lists the thickness as .063. Will 3x the thickness as OEM be an issue?

 

[Basher]

Fel Pro lists the thickness as .063. Will 3x the thickness as OEM be an issue?

Fel Pro sells many thicknesses of this type gasket material, do a google search for their site and there will be several to choose from. I know of 3 sizes I have used, 3054 is .063, ...3046 is .031,...3011 is .015. There may be more so a search will likely reveal those sizes and numbers. I would choose a size relatively close and go with it.

 

[AVB]

Fel Pro lists the thickness as .063. Will 3x the thickness as OEM be an issue?

Yes. Excessive clearances.