454cid
Sooper Pooper
Permatex makes a very good gasket sealer, that's what I used the second time. My first replaced water pump leaked, probably from the RTV on the gaskets moving, or maybe it really was a defective pump. I also used the permatex on the mounting bolts...
Why would you use rtv on top of a cardboard gasket...its so thick. I've got some spray stuff from Permatex that I use to hold the gaskets to the pump during installation.
Do the bolts need to be sealed on the late small block? My gen6 big block has blind holes and I use Loctite.