HUGE ISSUE with my brand new intake! I have never seen this! 

Definitely did that when I put these new trick flow gaskets in and I had done it in the past.. I was caught up on how felpro claimed that did not require it with their “printoseal” gaskets. Oh well. Lesson learned. Don’t always trust a manufactures gimmick

From the imprint left on the manifold, it had complete contact. The issue was the coolant actually going through the fibers in the gasket