I hope this question is not all too stupid. I took off my air cleaner housing (bottom + top plate with the round, open filter in between) from my carburettor (Edelbrock Performer 750) several times now and somehow I feel that there should be a gasket. This engine is sucking in so much air, I fear without a gasket between the air filter and the carb, it will suck in dirty air. I looked in online shops who sell carbs (even on the Edelbrock site) and on sites that sell air filter housings... I could not see any gaskets yet. Is this just uncommon?
I feel to get one, to make sure the engine is only getting filtered air. Do you have one, and where did you get it?

Thank you very much in advance

I got a new one for my Holley carburetor from Advance Auto Parts.

So they exist :-)
I wondered, because metal on metal is not really sealing well. At least I was on the right track with my thinking. I´ll get one ASAP.

Thanks for your reply! :-)

I've never used a carb to air cleaner gasket.

Fel-Pro has them.

Steve R

The OEM used them, they also add some cushioning between the carb top & the air cleaner

I see you're in Germany, if you have trouble finding parts or gaskets you can make that carb gasket from gasket material or even a thin cardboard box, Iv made rocker box gaskets for 55 & 57 triumph motor cycles from pamper diaper boxes when my oldest daughter was a baby and I was broke, oh and they lasted too.

You can use the card board from an empty cereal box. And it's free.

5.25" id.

Thank you very much everyone, that´s some very valuable information. I never thought about cardboard. I could do that until I get a "real" one

Getting parts in Germany sometimes works, sometimes not. Vintage US cars are a bit exotic over here. There are shops which specialize in selling parts for those cars. But believe it or not: Sometimes it´s cheaper to order directly in the US + Taxes + Shipping + customs charges and it ends up still cheaper than buying in Germany. Also the US shops have an insane amount of parts to chose from. Whenever I go look around in for example RockAuto, SummitRacing, OPGI and others, I feel that I can build a brand new car with all the parts they have. And that´s when searching for parts for cars which are over 50 years old. It´s a paradise

Check ebay etc. for 5 1/4" air horn gasket, I always use them.

Thicker ones are nice.

Thanks
Randy

Holley Carburetor 5 1-4" Air Horn Gasket Edelbrock Barry Grant Carter AED QFT | eBay

Thanks for the tip Randy!
I´ll order a few more parts this evening, and that gasket will be part of it :-)

I hope they are not too thick. The air box is already rubbing on the hood insulation. That Airgap RPM intake is building a bit high for the 64 El Camino hood it seems, so every fraction of an inch I can save is good. Maybe that´s the reason the previous owner did not put a gasket in. I´ll see, it does not cost a fortune ;-)

Happy to help Joe!!

Thanks
Randy

I have made base gaskets from bud light boxes.
Now the best air cleaner to carb gasket I ever made was from leather I cut off of an old leather chair that someone tossed.

That leather works for many things.
I made pouches for my files from it.. To keep files in the drawer from dinking each other.
Thicker pieces I have used for hinges on ice chests when the plastic hinges give up.

One mans trash.

one man's trash is another man's re-purposing gold mine.

Yeah, I'm guilty too.

hello besides to keep dirt and other things out of the carburator, the felpro gasket is there be a flame arrestor if there is a backfire the flame is contained to the air cleaner, but im sure most know this just my 2 cents happy motoring guys