Need some help !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

duster360 said

Lol. I wrote that down wrong. Yes, it is .063". Torqued the gasket in place. Gap at end of intake and china wall is .055".

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OK, that makes a bit more sense LOL. What is the gasket thickness by itself? It looks like you have a .002" variation in compressed thickness across all your measurement; that seems to be a probable source of slow leakage at the larger thickness. Was the oil leakage worse at the passenger's side rear and driver's side front? If so, then some extra torque on those ends might help even the gaps, but I am not sure you can torque it enough. It seems like passenger side front and driver side rear are high and the opposite corners are low. Some gasket sealer is going to be needed IMO help seal that up.

BTW, when you drop the intake onto the heads with gaskets, how do the bolt holes in the intake line up with those in the heads? Are they well centered, or offset?

And I don't know how significant it is, but your china wall-to-intake gap is much smaller that what we had with Edelbrock heads and Performer RPM intake.