personally, i would keep that spacer there. not only is it
there for sealing the gap, but it is also an insulating piece.
it will keep heat from being transfered through the intake
manifold into the carb and causing the fuel to vaporize before
it can be sucked into the engine. a friend of mine has a small
block mopar engine in a plymouth belvedere, and after they
rebuilt the engine and replaced the carb, it ran like crap
untill they put a small half inch plastic spacer in between the
manifold and the carb.
--- Patrick Baize <speedracre@netzero.net> wrote:
>
> All
> A few questions before I buy some items.
>
> This is for a 1296cc motor with the dual SU manifold
>
> There is a spacer gasket between the SU carbs and Manifold.
> Do I really need those? I can get shorter bolts so that I
> can
> Bolt the carbs on using the regular gaskets. My problem is
> paying
> Vic brit 12.95 a piece, and I need 2 of them.
>
> There is an Emission Control Valve that goes to the intake
> manifold,
> the other end goes to the Valve cover.
> Do I really need that or can I plug the intake and run the
> valve
> cover to one of the filter assembly's
>
>
> THnx
> Pat 63 Spitfire (gonna start that motor up this weekend)
>
>
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nikolai jaremka
72 spitfire mkIV
east aurora, new york
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