I broke a few exhaust manifold studs and I'm replacing them with ARPs. I got a new exhaust manifold gasket from honda and noticed it is single ply. The one that was on my car was two ply and it had rivets on each end holding the two pieces together. Anyone seen one of those before? I'm wondering if my local shop used a Felpro gasket or maybe Honda changed the design.

My main question is on the Honda gasket. It looks like it is pressed in around each exhaust port like it was stamped during the manufacturing process.

Does it matter which way this gasket goes on?

Hopefully these ARPs will hold up better to the additional weight of this Full-race manifold and turbo.

 

Going to finish putting the car back together this afternoon. Can this gasket go on either way?

 

Call Honda, go to local autozone or like and see if they have felpro gasket, call felpro, search on here for exhaust gasket in the title...****, try to help yourself SOME.

 

I know how to use honda-tech and google for searching youngblood. If I had the time to personally look into the answer I wouldn't have made this post.

In case anyone else is searching around for the answer the gasket will only go on one way. It looks like it will go both ways but if you try to put it on you can tell it is off by a mm on the two outer stud holes.

I think honda changed the design because I confirmed from the friend/mechanic that used to work at the shop that they only used honda parts when putting the kit on.

 

Glad you figured out which way to put a gasket on..

 

Thanks for the help. You're a real asset to the site.