[eric32]

A carburetor does not need any more then about 6 pounds of torque or basically just a little bit hand tight once the bolt starts to get tight. About a 1/4 of a turn or a hair more past when getting tight will do. Also you want to use a thick enough gasket to help seal things. I use gaskets that are at least an 1/8 inch thick.

Many factory ones that come in rebuild kits at least for Qjets depending on where you get them from and also using stock type gaskets they are so thin they will almost always leak. I don't think they are even 1/16th of an inch thick.

You might want to check your carb base plate bottom or your intake both and see if they are flat with a straight edge if you can get access to one.

You are lucky if you have not broken the ears of the corner of the base plate on those as on Holley carbs they would most likely have broke.

 

[eric32]

Cometic gasketes are pretty good gaskets for what I have used so far. That should work good for your Qjet.

 

[eric32]

Glad to hear it worked out for you. As far as the gasket part goes that hangs in the open you can just cut the material that hangs into the open. When I use a 4 hole gaskets on my dual plane I just cut the two in between pieces on each side making it a big elongated shape but still seal in the middle part to keep both sides sealed. Since yours is open just cut what you need off and leave enough to cover the square radius of the intake. Basically leave enough material to cover the whole area of the intake and the rest that hangs over won't make any difference since it will have no purpose just sitting there on top of nothing pressing up against it.

Basically like an open gasket that is used on Holley carbs