throttle body gasket positioning

[crazykid]

Ok guys I feel dumb asking this but I am wondering about the positioning of the the throttle body gaskets. I understand which gasket goes on what side of the TB, but what I am questioning is the way in which it goes on.

According to my Chiltons, the gasket between the manifold and TB goes on opposite the way in which I took it off according to which side the "projection" is on. (maybe gasket was installed wrong originally??).

Something which I have not been able to get any info on, both gaskets (TB - Manifold, TB-Elbow) have a "indented rubber outline" on one side of them, which makes it seem like it should face one way. Its hard to compare to my old gaskets since they are slightly different. Any insight would help, I hate to install these the wrong way and have issues.

 

[donmagicjuan]

I have mine with the little tab above the top rear bolt, but it shouldn't make a difference which way you put it on. The only year it matters is on the 90s, because the cutout for the vacuum ports is asymetrical.

 

[crazykid]

Alright thanks, hey off topic but I was wondering, I noticed you were running ECU+ and was wondering how you liked it? Ive been pretty set on getting DSMLINK but am still exploring other options and ECU+ was one of them, just didnt like how it is still a piggy back. Anyways.. how do you like it?

 

[donmagicjuan]

For me, it was the perfect solution because I didn't have an EPROM ECU. You likely do, on the other hand, so DSMlink might actually be cheaper. ECU+ works great for injectors smaller than ~750cc, and in theory you could get away with larger than that if you were a wizard with the timing controls. Here's a thread with more info: http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/showthread.php?t=235959