[tortuga]

Pulled the intake, sure as hell the back (head) side of the intake was wet. Also as I’ve noticed, the bottom of the ports had minimal gasket coverage. I am thinking that I’ve been over compressing the gasket causing the thing to creep down exacerbating the problem. This time I’ve marked the gaskets by putting them on the manifold and heads alternately to get the best vertical position.

After a good cleaning I coated the head side of new ford Motorsport gaskets and put them on to my marks,

I then put Saran Wrap on the manifold side and installed the manifold,

Then maneuvered the gaskets perfectly to my marks and snugged down the manifold,

Going to wait about 6 hrs, then remove the manifold from the Saran Wrap, remove the Saran Wrap clean any goo from the ports, apply the sealant to the intake and assemble. Think I will again just snug it down, wait another 6 plus hos then torque it down

This time I think I’ll only go to maybe 15 ft-lb or so?