Need help with Carburetor Base Gasket

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Hi this is my first time to this site. I purchased a 1969 OHC Sprint motor. I rebuilt the carburetor replaced the carburetor gasket. However, I think I have the wrong gaskets. The gasket does not cover the intake manifold correctly, there are gaps on the two sides that are not covered by the gasket (see pictures). This does not look correct to me. The gasket is a Fel-Pro 60061-1. The intake manifold is a 1969 sprint 9794232. The carburetor is a Rochester Q-Jet 7029261. Can anyone tell me what is the correct gasket or is this normal?
 
What pictures?
The Felpro site listed 60151 for that application.
I do not know the difference from what you have now.
 
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Sorry, I forgot to insert the pictures. The Felpro 60151 is not for the 1969 Firebird OHC Sprint engine however this gasket is similar to the Felpro 60061-1 which does not work on the intake manifold shown. I also tried a gasket from a 1967 OHC engine Felpro 60043 this gasket fits the intake manifold but is not correct for the Rochester Q-Jet 7029261.
 

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Pm Member "cammerjeff" he has a Sprint Firebird.

Doug in P.R. :cool:
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I am away for work until 2-7 but if you can wait until I get home I can check my spare parts stash to see if I have any 68-69 Sprint base gaskets left.
 
The gasket shown in the picture is a Fel-Pro 60061-1( I have 3). The application summary from Fel-Pro and other sites is that this gasket is for a 1968 – 1969 Pontiac Firebird 4.1L L6 4097CC/250CID OHC Sprint Engine. The 60061-1 gasket is also recommended and comes in the carburetor kit for the 1969 Rochester Q-Jet 7029261.

I tried the Firebird Sprint 1967 Felpro gasket 60043 looks good on the 1969 intake manifold but does not work with the carburetor Rochester Q-Jet 7029261. I am totally confused...?

According to Fel-Pro application summary, the Fel-Pro 60151 is for the following:

1966 GM L6 230CI 3.8L Pontiac; 1980-1978 GM V6 231CI 3.8L Buick; 1974-1968 GM V8 350CI 5.7L Buick; 1969 GM V8 400CI 6.6L Buick; 1969 GM V8 430CI 7.0L Buick; 1974-1970 GM V8 455CI 7.5L Buick
 
I just realized on the phone I could not clearly see the gasket you had but I now see the issue. Will do some further research.
 
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