Exhaust Gaskets

[Erik]

Last weekend I blew out the exhaust gaskets on my boat. Its a BBC with Bassett headers. It had the paper gaskets on it. Are these the best to use for a boat or is there something better I should try? Also if anyone has any tricks to make them last longer I'd be interested in hearing about it.

[flat broke]

I've run copper gaskets on the last few boats we have had, as well as my Chevelle, and they have worked out great. They run about $20-30 for a set but they last. If they can seal up a Glenwood BBC manifold, they can seal anything.
Chris

[lakecrazy]

I second that on copper gaskets. You can even reuse them.

[Erik]

Thanks for the info guys, I'll give them I try.

[Terrible Buddhist]

Forget gaskets...just use a thin bead of the copper silicon...thats what I used on my turbo set up and rewarder header set up...no problems...and who cares if you can't reuse it!