On the old gasket there was metal that went around the coolant port but the new gasket i got doesnt (felpro). but it does have a little metal around a circle port that looks to go nowhere. Is the metal around the coolant port necessary?<?<? and is there a special procedure when tightening the manifold down?<?<?

 

Are you putting the intake manifold on or the throttle body?

If there was a gasket there originally then im sure you need something there. When i replaced the IM and gasket on my old gsr i just slapped it on there and put it all back together.

Shoot some liquid gasket on there and put her back together!

 

Im installing an intake manifold gasket

the new gasket doesnt have metal around the coolant port but the old one does. is the metal around the coolant port neccessary???

I wanna make sure i have the right gasket

I just dont want to do everything to find out i put the wrong gasket in

 

it should be fine. use a razor blade and get off all the old gasket and make sure the sufaces on both the head and intake manifold are clean before reinstalling. tighten ffrom middle-out