exhaust gasket?

[Krazyistkarl]

I'm going to toy around with adding washer to my wastegate actuator, putting in a new air filter, and I'd like to see how it breaths and sounds with the muffler deleted. It looks like there is a gasket between the exhaust flanges, what would this be made of? Re usable? Easily replaced? I'm already most likely going to have to touch the bolts off as theyre considerably rusted, but have soaking with penetrating oil for a week while I've been up at work

[Krazyistkarl]

Update. I went ahead and split the exhaust, there is a gasket, looks like I can remember use it. Between shimming the wastegate actuator and opening the exhaust the van pulls nicer through every gear, more passing power and revs a tiny bit lower at highway speeds. Sounds like complete garbage however. Any suggestions on a high flow muffler?

[Krazyistkarl]

Update 2.i do not suggest disconnecting the exhaust before the muffler. On a complete unrelated note, does anyone have a rear HVAC unit that isn't melted by hot diesel exhaust that they want to get rid of?

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Hahaha that was a thoroughly entertaining read. The baffle I have is a magna flow 2.5" straight through and it sounds great! About 12" long I believe.

[Krazyistkarl]

I'd post a pic of the mess, but I'm not entirely sure how to on here

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Load to Flickr, share via BBC code cut and paste to here.

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Or Tapatalk on your phone and you can pst them directly from the app.

[Krazyistkarl]

Tried tapatalk but it says it can't connect to the server

[Krazyistkarl]

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That's the melted mess I've gotten myself into