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What's great about Holleys is that there is such a variety and you can keep trying different combo until you find the right one. What you like someone else may not.
One of the issues here is that there are two different cork thicknesses. The original one was thinner then virtually everyone you get in anyone's "kit" including Fel-pro,
The expensive issue is going to be that the COBRA aluminum intakes can be fragile on the rear two bolt holes and often we see repaired manifolds were those tabs have been cracked or even snapped off.
In order to use the current supplied cork ends you are going to need to compress them and I don't know how that you do that without clamping them down with the manifold?
If you want to risk that, that's up to you but that can be a VERY expensive mistake to damage that intake and I'll also point out that the rear water ports are where the gaskets like to leak sometimes internally where you don't see it.
You CAN use the cork ends but all things considered it is MUCH safer to trash them and just RTV the ends. However, it's your choice and neither is a mandatory decision. It's just you who has to regret not going the safer route.
