well,long story short , head gasket blows , rebuild , post rebuild runs rich , cant figure out why so i go back and check for intake manifold leaks and i find that the gaskets had the two rear water ports blocked off " looks like they didnt cut them out , all it had was a little hole " also my EGR ports were not there , they hadnt been cut out , so i buy new Felpro gaskets "same ones basically " except this time all four water ports are cutout yet the EGR ports are still not cutout , anyone else experience this ? can i cut out the sections for the egr ? pictures below BTW sorry for posting pictures this big , i dont know how to attach them the other way .


New Gasket
Old gasket , new one also has EGR ports blocked off .

 

wierd,did you get the gaskets at the same store?

 

There are some different gaskets available, maybe you were given the wrong ones. The MS 93317 appears to have the EGR port and a small hole at the rear coolant passage. That seems to be the part number for the 87-up heads and TBI. I am pretty sure the set for the TPI (that includes runner gaskets) uses the MS 90314-2 intake gaskets. Those have ports for both water front and rear and the EGR port.

Should not be an issue with drilling a hole for an EGR port, but I'd try to get the correct gaskets instead.

TBI?

Looking at your 2nd picture, all the EGR ports I know of are in the middle of the gasket. I dont know what those holes in the intake are for, but I think if you look at the head you'll find there are no holes there.

 

the first pair of gaskets i got @ autozone , they came with head gaskets and a bunch of other little gaskets , the second pair i got from summit , it said it was for the 88' year model " and yes i made sure it was for the tbi . Here's my intake manifoldbtw. i checked for any EGR ports on my heads and there is one one each head between intake ports 4 and 6 , and 3 and 5 , exhaust gas flow through them

 

and here's another pic. of the gasket that i got from autozone " its the one i used for the rebuild "
" <== Poor coolant flow "
" this was blocking coolant flow @ the rear ports , hopefully i didnt blow my head gaskets again.."