That is not a HiRise intake, that is a stock intake.
The Carter bolt pattern is actually smaller or more narrow from left to right looking from the front or rear of the carb, so he is correct. The early Carter WCFB, AFB & AVS carbs have this pattern.
That spacer fits a TQ?!?! Normally I see these for the QJ and NOT the TQ. The rear butterfly is 2-1/4 on the TQ, not so on other carbs.