hate to bring up a sore subject but

I believe a la manifold bolt goes in 90° from the surface of the intake face of the head, there will always be some leeway in doing this since the bolts aren't exact fit to the hole in the manifold
Nope. That's already been discussed. It's not 90 degrees. I thought it was too, but it's not. At any rate, this is gettin the OP's thread sideways.