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Old 10-10-2003, 02:51 PM
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I disagree there Craigayl,

The thickness of the cork end seals prevent the intake from sitting all the way down. Unless by "trimming" you are referring to shaving the thickness of the cork down, but that would be very hard to do. I don't know a mechanic that uses the cork, I used to until I had to redo a couple of intake seals, and learned otherwise. I also contend that if you put a layer of silicone on both sides of the cork, it has a tendency to squeeze out of place while torquing down. Like sqeezing a wet bar of soap really hard in your hand.
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