checking for cracked head or bad head gasket..

I'm with Joedust, you need to test fit the intake. Put the gaskets in and lay the intake on and check the end gaps with a feeler gauge. There should be pretty good size gap at the end runners with no cork gasket or rtv.If the gaps aren't there then it would cause sealing issues.

do you know how much gap? or what the angle should be on that?