Actually Stroker, I was wondering the same thing, but after the fact though. I have the same cover and the Indy EZ heads on the low deck block. When I installed it I had the heads on and the water pump stuff off and distributor not installed. So the plate slides in from the front. Thing I did not like though was the fore and aft gaps along beside the heads. Sealing the ends was ok but there seems to me to be something missing there. Sure I filled the gaps with hi-temp sealer and also used the same sealer at the ends as well. So far with cam break in engine runtime and a couple of show off static runs to my chev friends there has been no oil leaks around where my concerns are. No gaskets or anything came with the package from Muscle Motors but I never checked back with Eric @ Muscle to actually see what was needed. Another thing to be careful of is Chryco and I had to drill small partial holes into the bottom of the Holley SD manifold so that it would clear those pesky little allen head bolts. Took about an hour of farting around to get that right. I'll keep watching for more info in this matter.