ok, after a thorough cleaning with simple green, the IM is drying.
note; good idea to mark the spacers so you know which one goes where after you start porting them. if you are skipping this step, then it doesn't really matter. i marked mine with an arrow pointing up at the rear face, they can't be switched accidentally now. i'll also mark the gaskets so they cant be switched around. (probably overkill, but oh well!)
i am using 2 oem IM gaskets, one below the spacer, and one above. you have to trim off the little cone shaped alignment bosses on the gasket going below the spacers. i used a side-cutter to snip the little legs off and an exacto blade to trim the flash away so the cones would separate. i used an exacto miter saw to trim the alignment nipples off the gasket that goes above the spacers.
then i dry fit everything to see how much porting will be needed on the spacers...wow, quite a bit!!
next i have to scribe the spacers so i know how far to grind them open!!