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Afret has a point about not seeing gasket contact on the head around #2. Are you sure that head is flat? You can place a straightedge on the head and look for any light poking through gaps, if you're careful you can detect an area with a .005 gap, possibly .003 but you need a sharp, true straightedge,, I'm not sure a carpenter square will be good enough. Why not take the heads to an automotive machine shop and ask them to check the flatness? BTW, I've come to the conclusion that Felpro intake gaskets are not good, they always seem to ooze around and expose coolant openings. I'm not sure what to recommend for an FE, I use Mr Gasket sure-seals for Windsors which have a more durable material which is great but the geometry isn't very good. I don't know about FEs but it's hard to find a good intake gasket for Windsors.
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