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Old 04-21-2003, 12:54 PM
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Concobra,

You are correct. I guess I didn't make myself clear. On the 750's and the 850's we mill off the air horn so the air can get in. On the HP series, you are correct, the air horn is already milled off and the venturies have been polished smooth. They look great and perform pretty well too.

The engines on the original cars are offset 1/2 inch to the right to help line the drive shaft up with the differential. (The differential horizontal offset is 1 inch already, so the 1/2 inch ofset of the engine helps to get things straighter.) We make the hood scoop holes slightly larger to accomodate the air cleaner with the offset of the engine.

We are able on our cars to run a 1 inch spacer under the carb and still have all the hood clearance we need even with a K&N fliter.

Thanks for all your help and ideas.

David
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