So I have the intake cleaned off and the Hughes kit bolted on. I still need to clean up the mating surfaces on the heads and put it back together. I am using Felpro gaskets not the made in China gaskets that cane from Hughes. Yes I know the Felpro ones are possibly made in China too.
Front intake bolt on passenger was already busted just sitting there, and front driver side bolt I busted off. The rest went ok. Soaking broken bolts with Kroil over night, a small channel lock, tapping with a hammer, I was able to pull the broken bolts out. Lucky!
Now the gasket surface on the intake towards the front of the intake appears to have some pitting / corrosion maybe due to a coolant leak at some point.
So here is my question (finally) : Should I apply some black RTV between the gasket and the intake towards the front around the coolant jacket? Will that hurt anything? That is the area that has some roughness / pitting.