Intake gasket "recipies",what ever happened to .....

[fairlaniac]

..... to the Victor Reinz and spray them both sides with Permatex Red High Tack gasket? I know Victor is gone but in the early 2000's on the FE forum the magic was using the Permatex. Is anyone still spraying their intake gaskets with that? I ask because in 2005 when I put my 390 with 428CJ heads and 7105 RPM intake together. I used V/R intake gaskets sprayed with Permatex Red, It went leak free until 2020 and only for disassembly purposes. Just curious.

Thanks,

[My427stang]

For many years we used Permatex Red either spray or brush on, actually I'd say decades.  I am not sure why it went out of style.  It was good stuff for a light adhesive/sealant

I don't like it for cork end seals, it's not strong enough, and generally not needed on the intake ports, but certainly nothing wrong with it using a standard gasket.  I'd venture to guess it'd be fine with silicone bead gaskets too.  If I had to guess, people started going dry and/or a little silicone and no need to keep two things on the shelf drying up

[C8OZ]

Having a panic moment here, because my last old can is probably dried up. Is Permatex 80065 even the same product as the old spray tack? But yeah, love that stuff.

edit: I see. The new number supersedes #99M. The oldold cans were 99G. Whatever.