Sounds like you may have the wrong gasket, they don't require trimming.
There are two styles of manifold gaskets, one for early cars, one for
late. The early cars have different spacing on the intake ports than
the late cars. Exhaust port spacing doesn't change from early to late.
Whichever part number you ordered, return it and get the other part
number.
The heavy-duty gasket is a fiber one, no metal strip in it. That's the
one I always use on my car.
Tim Holbrook
1971 TR6
--- Lizirbydavis@cs.com wrote:
> Hi folks,
> I just received a gasket kit from TRF, and upon inspecting it, I
> found that
> the manifold gasket is very much different from what is on my car
> presently.
> The old gasket is metal, and the holes all match up perfectly. The
> manifold
> gasket that came with the TRF kit is made up of a fiber material. It
> also
> does not fit right. While the exhaust ports match up fine, the
> intake holes
> are too big and too far apart. I had also ordered a separate
> "header"
> gasket, which is supposedly "heavy duty," but it looks like the same
> gasket,
> except that it's fit is even worse. Should I expect to have to trim
> these
> gaskets? Which side mates to the head? Incidentally, the metal
> gasket I have
> removed looks to be in good health.
> Joe Davis
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