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I view the rubber gasket or protection on the top of the turkey pan to be somewhat problematic and confusing. The reason is this. When you blip your throttle with the hood open, watch what happens to the engine and its reaction to the torque. It moves as one engine mount compresses and the other expands. And one edge of the turkey pan dips and the other edge raises up with the torque.

With the rear wheels engaged, this torque is even more pronounced. If you snug up your turkey pan close to the closed engine compartment lid you will indeed be abrading the inside bottom of the lid. What you will need will be an abrasion guard.

Thus, it is my feeling that sometimes what many think is an air gasket for the turkey pan is really an abrasion guard for the engine compartment lid.

If you want an air tight insulation for the turkey pan, you should do this with foam fabricated in such a way to make a very flexible seal which can withstand air flow at speed as well as engine movement.