Exhaust gaskets

[ian65]

On my Elford engine, which was rebuilt by RX Motors, Tim used a 13b exhaust gasket and cut it in half and used it on the 12a which is obviously narrower across the exhaust ports than the 13b.
Genuine 12a gaskets are around £28 so my question is, do you think these would work on a 12a?



http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Mazda-RX7-FD-Exha ... 2c5be75a55

[chc]

If RX Motors have previously done this then why not! Sounds a fair assumption to me.

[iankd]

Hi Ian
I used the genuine 12A gasket from Mazda, but did have the manifold refaced first as it was warped, the genuine works just fine for me.
Cheers
Ian

[TOOL]

Yeah mate, that'll work fine.

I've hung onto some oused 12A gaskets cos they're stupid expensive now from Mazda. A good used one will be fine too.