Exhaust manifold to collector gasket

2004 Tahoe 2wd

So I have a question I need an exhaust gasket I have no way to get to a store and I can't drive my truck with it sounding like this cuz I'm nine times out of 10 going to get pulled over. So I have a piece of stainless steel sheet it's about a 16th of an inch thick maybe a little bit less basically the thickness of a gasket can I cut and drill holes to make an exhaust flange gasket or I have a piece of aluminum composite which is a sheet of aluminum with a composite material in the center and another sheet of aluminum on the other side it's about 1/8 of an inch thick. And in which one of those would be the best for me to use? I have regular sheets of steel I can cut one out of a regular sheet of steel so I mean I have those three options I'm hoping that one of those will be perfect for what I need.

might need two of the 1/16th metal. dont bother with the al.

Man got no friends, at all?

Scottydoggs said:

might need two of the 1/16th metal. dont bother with the al.

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Stainless steel or regular steel

rockola1971 said:

Man got no friends, at all?

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Don't want any tbh I like it that way

stainless is better, but its rough to work with being how hard it is. i was assuming you would only be using the diy gaskets temporarily.

I tried the stainless and said screw it used some ultra copper exhaust gasket maker and it sealed it up perfectly

rtv for the win... guess the flanges are not warped. another win.