I can pretend whatever I like but the fact remains that parts specific to my VIN do not fit my car?
incidentally, my understanding is that the 3.5 has a shorter stroke and correspondingly higher revs?

Xalty, my problem is that I would like to be able to buy the correct parts for my VIN number?

 

the gasket you ordered is from the metal intake adapter to the heads

the green gummy seals that seal the plastic manifold to the metal adapter are not normally sold separately

 

Hello xalty, thank you for your reply,
I ordered and replaced the lower gaskets at the same time; they have metal tabs that bend over to secure them in place while fitting. The other gaskets I ordered and received were listed as the UPPER gaskets, and the apertures in them did not line up with the apertures in my plenum. I did not try them on my lower manifold, because I obviously had already fitted the correct gaskets for that; however, given that they were out of line with my upper plenum apertures, I think it unlikely that they would have fit the corresponding apertures in my lower manifold? The green gummy seals that are actually fitted to my upper plenum are most definitely seperate from eachother.