valley pan

[steve from staten island]

I have a question. When installing the valley pan,does the pan just go against the head and intake manifold with sealer only,or do i use the four gaskets supplied. Those gaskets do not have the cutout to let water flow through manifold,do i cut them out

 

[Seax440Dodge]

I have a question. When installing the valley pan,does the pan just go against the head and intake manifold with sealer only,or do i use the four gaskets supplied. Those gaskets do not have the cutout to let water flow through manifold,do i cut them out

most of the time people don't use the paper gasket w/ the pan (a lot of sources say they're for the six pack), sealant isn't necessary on the majority of the valley pan, just the front and back where the 3 small bolts go through it, especially in the corner's where the heads meet the block... also, water doesn't go through a big block manifold, it's dry

(that's the heat crossover, and unless you drive in the winter a lot, it's prefered to be covered over)

 

[krowbar]

I think the gaskets are mainly if you're using an aluminum intake.

 

[Cranky]

Big block Mopar has a 'dry' intake.

 

[krowbar]

Big block Mopar has a 'dry' intake.

Yeah & WET exhaust manifold bolts!!

 

[Seax440Dodge]

Yeah & WET exhaust manifold bolts!!

that's why yer supossed to have studs in there :tongue:

 

[krowbar]

that's why yer supossed to have studs in there :tongue:

Probably never be able to get my headers off unless I dropped the whole motor out the bottom.

 

[Daves69]

I have a question. When installing the valley pan,does the pan just go against the head and intake manifold with sealer only,or do i use the four gaskets supplied. Those gaskets do not have the cutout to let water flow through manifold,do i cut them out

I use sealer for the intake ports with my cast 6 pack and stock heads with no paper gaskets. Seal the front and rear pan rails and all four corners where the head and block meet as stated in a previous post.
For the missing cutouts, are you asking about the heat crossover ports between the intake ports on those paper gaskets?