I have a question about the PTFE/teflon manifold spacers.... I was driving down the road the other day in my 91 gsx and a group of 1 & 2g's caught my eye, I stopped to see what was going on, just a gathering of DSM's.... I am new to this town again so I thought that was rather kewl to see DSM's gathering in a town that was once overrun by old school muscle and honda's, I saw a rather exotic looking boosted 2g 420a, I noticed the head-intake, both peices of his intake and TB had a clear/white spacer, I thought... PTFE.... so I asked him where he got the PTFE spacer for the head-intake and the TB because I was kind of curious as to where I could get them, I also own a 99 OZ GS.... he said he made them for less than $20.00 for all 3 peices. He said he had used the 1/4" thick teflon cutting boards from walmart and cut them himself and placed a gasket on both sides to insure a good seal. My curiousity has got the better of me... seeing as how he was rite, they do sell 1/4" thick "teflon" cutting boards at walmart... would that be pretty much the same thing as the PTFE spacer that I bought from SYMTECH for my 99 for $79.00?

I doubt the cutting board is anywhere near durable enough to work.

Stick with the Symtech batch you ordered :thumbsup

The problem with pure PTFE (Teflon) is that it's susceptible to cold flow. It'll work fine as a cutting board, but when you try to use it as a mechanical part (i.e. a gasket) its cold flow will eventually form leaks and deformations until it's useless.