Pineapple Racing Graphite Mani Gasket?
 

I was just browsing through their site and found this.

http://www.pineappleracing.com/index...PROD&ProdID=78

Has anyone used them before? How do they compare to the OEM gasket? At half the price, and being from Pineapple I think it would be worth trying.

I heard about someone using it once before and had to re-torque it a few times and also noted a funny smell for the first few hundred km's that was presumably the gasket heat cycling.

Personally, I've never seen a stock one fail, and have re-used 10 year old ones and never had a problem. Thats one factory piece that doesn't need re-engineering. Only reason to buy a different type is money, and at that point the product may not work as well.

Yeah, the reason I am asking is because the stock one failed and I can't afford a stock one at the moment. I have read alot about how the stock gasket is reuseable and should outlast the life of the turbo, but I think that one of the previous owners must have taken off the turbo and reinstalled the gasket incorrectly (causing damage).

I think that I am going to try the graphite one, and if it fails it fails. I doubt that Pineapple would sell an inferior part. At least we will get some good information regarding the durability of this part.

thanks for the info Classic.

No problem. I'm sure it'll last alright. They do make good stuff ;)

I don't think graphite gaskets are re-useable normally.

None of the ones I have ever used on various projects have been anyway.