How much does carb spacer profile matter?
Hey,
Im currently rebuilding a 1971 340 thats going into my 1968 Dodge Dart GT.
The engine has been sitting in a garage since 1981 and was missing A LOT of parts, like carb, distributor, one exhaust manifold, both crankshaft and water pump pulleys, brackets for both power steering and alternator, flexplate for the tranny, etc, you get the idea.
Since it was missing the carb, and its not the original engine going into the car I thought I´d go for new and improved technology, so I got a 625 Street Demon. The problem is that the primarys was hitting the intake manifold, so I found an old spacer I had lying around.
But, the profile dont really match up to the intake.
Is this irrelevant for the function of the engine/carb, or would I have to get the spacer machined to not disturb the air flow?
Or is there another spacer you can recommend instead that would fit an original 1971 spreadbore intake? A new intake manifold is not gonna happen right now, I´m already in $9000 on this rebuild (including stuff for the car) so its either machine what I have (which I can get someone at work to do) or get a new spacer. Trying to finish within the budget now ;)
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Hey,
Im currently rebuilding a 1971 340 thats going into my 1968 Dodge Dart GT.
The engine has been sitting in a garage since 1981 and was missing A LOT of parts, like carb, distributor, one exhaust manifold, both crankshaft and water pump pulleys, brackets for both power steering and alternator, flexplate for the tranny, etc, you get the idea.
Since it was missing the carb, and its not the original engine going into the car I thought I´d go for new and improved technology, so I got a 625 Street Demon. The problem is that the primarys was hitting the intake manifold, so I found an old spacer I had lying around.
But, the profile dont really match up to the intake.
Is this irrelevant for the function of the engine/carb, or would I have to get the spacer machined to not disturb the air flow?
Or is there another spacer you can recommend instead that would fit an original 1971 spreadbore intake? A new intake manifold is not gonna happen right now, I´m already in $9000 on this rebuild (including stuff for the car) so its either machine what I have (which I can get someone at work to do) or get a new spacer. Trying to finish within the budget now ;)
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