Manifold doesn't line up

SeattleQQ1Fish said

I proceeded with the printoseal gaskets/Right Stuff and no seal. I think it was close, but it didn't look quite right.
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I've ordered some .125 thick intake gaskets, hopefully that will work. I have exactly one month until I need to drive this thing onto the transport to go to Austin and there's still a lot to do. No pressure...

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You made the right move with the thicker gaskets. The way the bolt hole was lining up in the prior pix, with the threaded hole in the head lined up at the top of the hole in the manifold, was not going to work. The manifold moves downward as the bolts are tightened and no way it would be able to do that as it was last shown. Hopefully they are thick enough!