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Old 11-22-2011, 05:00 PM
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Default Carb Spacers

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Originally Posted by strictlypersonl View Post
The only pictures of the original engines that I have don't show a spacer, and the air cleaners have a noticeable tilt toward the front. It's quite possible that some carb wedges were installed by owners, or maybe only some original cars had them. Consistent mechanicals were not a Shelby strong point.
My car came with the spacers installed as described, all the cars that I saw at that time (3100 series and later S/C's with medium risers also had the spacers).
I am not sure about 3200 and 3300 cars with 428's and some 427's. I ran without them on my tunnel port with single plane dual 4 manifold because of clearance issues with the hood. They seemed OK with adjustment of the float level, but I always ran 4-4.5 flats low anyway to avoid stumble and flooding during acceleration, braking and cornering.
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