About to Fire my Engine Builder

[lalessi1]

Absolutely! We had a long thread on that a while back discussing overheating issues. Thanks for the reminder though!

[Jeff Norwell]

Yeah I used the cork gaskets the last time, I am sure they were leaking. I am gonna use Motorcraft TA-31 diesel engine silicone this time . Barry Rabotnick recommended it. He is a well known FE builder.

I follow Barry on FB... he is a FE Genius..... really knows his stuff.
Sorry your having trouble Lynn.

[hiball3985]

I had the exhaust crossover burn through on my factory aluminum manifold and replaced it with an Eldlebrock, had to remove the locating pin and use the distributor to align it. I'm using a factory 427 cam, lifters and rocker arms. The push rod clearance was bad on three of the holes and had to remove it and open up the holes  This was 10 years ago. I used copper coat spray on the gaskets and Right Stuff on the walls and it's been leak free since. There are two slots on the bottom of the intake gasket that locate on two tabs of the head gasket, thats what is suppose to locate the gasket.
Good luck Lynn