Welli put my ORY in yesterday and its leaking at pretty much every place where I used the clamps pacesetter sent me, are there better clamps out there that I can use to make it not leak anymore? Thx fellas

 

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I don't have mine installed yet, but I'm hoping the accuseals will do the job.

 

What about silicon clamps like the ones used on the sts kit? I would think that they would stop any leaks, I just wonder how they would handle the heat

 

Accuseals are the way to go IMO.

 

Some high temp RTV on all of the slip joints will help too...it comes in the goldish-copper colored tube, and comes out orange.

 

And what's RTV again?

 

Room Temperature Vulcanizing Silicone....you can get it at any parts store. Permatex is the most common manufacturer.

If you check out these pics, you'll see the orange stuff at the slip joints from when I installed my StainlessWorks headers and catted y-pipe...so far so good

 

Here's a link to an article from GMHTP with their StainlessWorks install, and a good pic of the RTV tube, and the goop smeared on the pipe

http://www.gmhightechperformance.com...all/index.html

 

so if i use this sealant with the pacesetter clamps should i be okay? or should i still upgrade the clamps?

 

If it just came with the old school U clamps, I'd upgrade them anyway. I really like the clamps that I have that came with the SW set-up...I'm not sure who makes them, but they're the same ones that I've seen in alot of threads here. If you look at the pics of my set-up, and check out Summit or Jeg's or something, you'll probably be able to match em up by the pictures. I like how the clamps I have cover alot of area and distribute clamping torque evenly, and don't seem to leave a nasty indent like the older style clamps. You could try the RTV first though if you're tight on funds and don't feel like shelling out the coin for the other clamps...the RTV combined with tightening the crap out of the clamps you have should take care of the leaks. I used the same RTV to temporarily seal some cheap pipes and turndowns that I installed into the Gibson muffler (part of a complete Gibson cat-back) that I have. The outlets were torn to crap from me chiseling the old tailpipes out, and I used some old school 2 1/2" U clamps that I had laying around and it sealed fine.