Carburetor Base Gasket 68 302 4V

Does the gasket style matter? Both NPD and WCCC show Fel-Pro 60046.

Will Fel-Pro 60059 or Mr. Gasket 55 work?

60046 on the right. 60059 on the left. Mr. Gasket not shown, but similar to 60059.

All three fit but, are slightly different.:thinking:

Here are my notes on this specific subject. Note I have a 67 289 stock intake manifold and Autolite 4300 carb but I did replace the stock aluminum spacer with a phenolic Trans-Adapt spacer ( i used this to “insulate” the carb from heat soaking)

Place a felpro 1901 4 hole gasket on the intake manifold then the carb spacer, next a felpro 60046 4 hole gasket and then the carb.

Note the Mr. Gasket #55 is not quite wide enough to seal the spacer oddly enough if you turn the gasket 90, it fits the body on all four edges BUT the mounting ears do not extend to the studs!! If Mr Gasket changed this, you could use 2 #55’s with no issues.

Edelbrock makes a plate (Edelbrock carburetor adapters 2732) that would get rid of the seal issue but it would also raise the carb, probably would need to then change the carb studs. Also the Edelbrock plate is an open spacer thus defeating a 4 hole low end torque design. Felpro makes the lower gasket that seals properly as the other gasket from carb body to spacer.

Felpro 1901 and 60046, the 1901 is thicker than the 60046 and both cover the egr passages!!! You could use the 1901 on the top if need be.

Coach Jack

On some carb/manifold combo., the bottom gasket may leak

Get the top gasket and trim as required

My 68’ is running factory spacer and 4300. I think I will try the 1901 and 60046 combo. Thanks fellas for the advice.