Joe: Your 196 will not have a gasket where the exhaust manifold bolts to the head; this is just a metal-to-metal mating that you torque down to specs. That said, I did once cut a gasket for that area because I was getting a little leakage due to an imperfect surface on one of the two metal surfaces. The gasket material was super difficult to cut, and I ultimately used a Dremmel tool. The only gasket your really need is the doughnut for where the exhaust pipe phlange meets the manifold. - Justin _______________________________________________ AMC-List mailing list AMC-List@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.amc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/amc-list or go to http://www.amc-list.com