Well I put them together as the diagram under the hood showed and man it runs great. I'm sure it's no big thing for allot of the guys on this forum but it was a pat on the back for me. So it ran so horrible throwing misfire codes, lean codes and one more indicating a throttle position sensor. Also the AC cut out all because of that manifold gasket. I would say if that gasket seems to have not failed, I would back those 8 nuts and bolts off to 13 lbs or just replace it anyway. Mine was in a bunch of pieces and probably why it was destroying my engine.