+1!

 

I have one, but not made by magnus it's the same thing though. I just slapped it on. I haven't noticed any boost leaks during my tests.

 

Yea I just put the magnus one on. No complaints from me. I'm 1g tho..

 

Ok cool, so just slap it on and I'm good to go? Sounds good. I'm not sure why other people had problems with them leaking. Maybe they were not tourqing them down right? I just wanted to make sure that plastic would not melt.

 

Plastic never melted on mine, 1g though I'm using a 1g head on 6bolt, mine was from SBR but is the same thing as the magnus one.

I used blue rtv on both sides of the gasket when I installed it. Works perfectly and keeps the I/M cool enough to touch.

I know asmo is using one too but am not sure if he did anything differently.

A fellow I was helping sandwiched the magnus heat spacer between two I/M gaskets , that was unnessary, blue rtv was enough for me.

 

I used one for a 2G head, and was not impressed.

The thin area deformed badly causing pressure leakage. And the area around the EGR port completely melted and blew out from using antilag a couple times. I'm back to using the steel OEM gasket without issues.

http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/bolt-tech/332412-anti-lag-magnus-heat-barrier-gasket.html

 

I used one for a 2G head, and was not impressed.

The thin area deformed badly causing pressure leakage. And the area around the EGR port completely melted and blew out from using antilag a couple times. I'm back to using the steel OEM gasket without issues.

Thats what I was afraid of. I would hate to put it on just to have to take it off again.

 

I tried two different heat barrier gaskets too. The first one was deformed so badly when I removed it for the first time, I decided to replace it. And after removing the second one due to blowing out around the EGR port, I noticed it was badly deformed around the runners just like the first one. It's just too soft for it's thickness. So, I decided it was best to give up on using them, and to just go back to the tried and true OEM gasket.

 

Lazy are you using Antilag?

 

Thanks for the input guys. That's ashame because I was really looking forward to putting this thing on. Oh well. I will just stick with an OEM one then.

 

Well I don't think that is a 2g thing, I think it is an antilag/egr problem. Ive ran mine on my 2g for over a year without problems. I do however have the egr delete.

 

The best heat barrier is a phenolic spacer. The best!

 

I know it's old, but no sense in starting another for the same thing. I too think I had a fail..... I think mine might be EGR. I am thinking the difference is SMIM or stock.... I have SMIM and that means the EGR Port can go no where but the plastic, therfore warping it, making it leak...... If you have a stock mani the heat can at least go into the mani a lil, blocked or not.

 

Bringing this back up... I was going to order one today, who is still running one with success?

 

I am still using mine, what I thought was a mishap due to my EGR was nothing, and it still seals awesome and no issues, after about 6yrs.

I actually took it off ones and went just paper, a boost pressure test to 30psi blew the paper out, I put it back on, no issues.

 

I like to just weld the egr port in the head shut personally.

 

Im at the point where it would be easy to swap mine out. Anyone else having issue with them?

 

Hmm good to here because I just bought one. I was thinking about doing what asmo said and sandwich it between two oem gaskets. I don't really want to do that though I think I'm just going to use some rtv on it and throw it in there. If it leaks I'll blow up the car.

I'm going to just unbolt my throttle body and set it back there that way I don't have to take those damn coolant lines off. Hoping to have it on Thursday so I'll report back with a boost leak test.

 

Reporting in with successful heat barrier gasket. I've got an ebay one, which is much thinner, and a Cyclone IM which has no EGR port at all, and so far no warping or ill effects. I love this gasket, I swear. I could make 50 pulls all at over 20lbs of boost in 96 degree weather with a heat index of over 104-107 degrees, and the gasket works so well I literally can(and have) lean on it, without even an inch of mild discomfort. This gasket rocks. If I ever..ever swap out my 1G head for my 2G head I have laying around, you best believe I'm going to purchase another one.

 

Cracked, did you use anything to seal it? Or did you just torque it down and call it good?

 

You guys are gonna have trouble with that gasket. I love Marco, but that thing is doomed to fail with out RTV and stock gaskets as well.

 

So your saying we need to do the sandwich idea with some blue rtv?

 

There are mixed reviews out there about it failing. I just want to hear from people with first hand experience. I have one I'm about to install and I want to make sure it seals right.

 

A piece of plastic that thick (Even crushed) will still move around when it gets heated. Then when it cools you wont seal properly because it will deform. Hence boost leaks.

The best bet is to use for drag racing only and monitor after every race. Another thing (What I did) is to make a 2" thick phenolic spacer on a Machine. Its like wood. This thing wont deform and holds a ton of boost. I did it to my car. Keeps the intake temp alot cooler than the block.

 

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