Like Leon said, make sure the alignment rings went in straight.
If you can not push the manifold up tight to the head with out the help of the bolts STOP. A lot of the time the exhaust manifold warps up at the ends. If this happens the alignment studs on each end keep the manifold out of position for the intake rings to line up. A lot of the times I have to leave out the end alignment studs.


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