2 questions.. first the intake gasket has these cut out, the heads dont, the old gaskets that was filled as well. Will these gaskets still work, should I use the old ones or should I get different gaskets? Second, the cork on the gasket by the distributor hangs over the block a little, should I trim it?
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I don’t use the cork gaskets either but my son loves them. If you put the intake gaskets on and then the cork gasket you over hang will probably be even worse. The cork gasket sometimes need trimmed up a little to fit better and then run silicone sealer vertically where the cork gasket meets the intake gaskets at all four corners. Those cut-outs that you asked about mean nothing. Like I said I don’t use the cork gasket so I glue the intake gaskets on the heads with adhesive and then I set the intake on dry and measure how high I have to dam up my black silicone