OBX header gasket

[Steel]

So searching through all the header threads, it seems that the gasket that came with the OBX header is prone to be leaky and cheap, while the people that just reused their old gasket didn't have problems. Is this the general consensus of the board? What are peoples experiences with using the OBX gasket and those who used their old one?

 

[MazdaSpeeder]

I did neither...I reordered from onlinemazdaparts.com. It's not too expensive, and comparing the new OEM gasket to the OBX one, the OEM seemed to be of better quality. I didn't and wouldn't reuse...it's worth replacing.

 

[Bozodeclown]

I used the obx gasket and have had no probs for 9 months.

 

[Mike R]

I've got 205K on my stock gasket...Which I swapped over onto my OBX about 120K ago...Though that was the collector gasket, the head side I bought a felpro IIRC... It was so long ago....