Leak in Carburetor

Yeah about that, the new gasket was MUCH thicker and the two bolts were JUST long enough to torque down.

I still dont like having such little thread holding the carb onto the manifold, so I'm going to go to a hardware store and buy longer bolts, some washers and lockwashers to help hold the carb in place with the thicker gasket.

The old gasket was literally paper thin, (I could break it with two fingers), that was probably why I was having a hard hot-start for so long! My main fear is when I drive, having the bolt shake loose and loose vacuum pressure and stall out on the highway.

Would grade 8 bolts suffice? I know those are pretty hard, and I DONT want to strip the threads on my cast-iron intake manifold.