" Edelbrock recommends using a thick bead of silicone instead of the rubber pieces." What you need to make sure is pay close attention to that gap. I have a performer on my Cherokee that had the engine rebuilt at one time before i got it and that gap began too much for using just sealant. With the gaskets ends it fits very nice. This is the best seal i have ever gotten in about 25 intake manifold changes. My ends haven't popped out yet. I even sealed the ends with RTV that FELPRO supplied.. I probably just jinxed my self... I am also a firm believer in less in more. the recommended Felpro bead around the water ports works well.. too much and you end up with sealant floating around your radiator. and even a bigger mess to clean next intake change. I also prefer the High Tack sealant around the Air ports. I did use a mix this last time since i ran out of the High Tack(which was old and stringy already) i finished it off with the Edebrock's Gaskasinch and I assumed it was going to be leaky or problems.. but i got a nice seal. Rob Z 77 Gremlin 401 78 Cherokee Chief 401 04 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon _________________________________________________________________ Get more from your digital life. Find out how. http://www.windowslive.com/default.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Home2_082008 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://splatter.wps.com/pipermail/amc-list/attachments/20080813/04a223aa/attachment.htm _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list