Intake Manifold Question

65Val said
You guys are overthinking this...cut 2 pieces of sheet metal slightly over size of the port...slap some sealer down and install them...install intake and GO

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12many said
On one of my trucks I cut pieces of thin stainless which happened to be almost as thick as the gaskets, then traced around them on each gasket, cut with exacto knife and then installed sealing everything as normal. IMO better than laying on top or underneath the gaskets.

Here is sorta a morph between both ideas and what I found when I removed my intake this morning! The hole in the gasket is "slightly over size of the port" so I can lay the gasket and then "slap sealer" on the metal to hold it against the head inside of the gasket cutouts.
I cut two pieces from a SS trash bin that had a catastrophic accident when the automatic lid failed while I was holding a messy, screaming baby and the mother of all loaded diapers.... Anyway...
Great Thread. I was wondering what I was going to do with that heat riser and my aftermarket intake! thanks all involved.....