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Old 11-22-2011, 05:57 PM
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As some of the lads point out the angle is deliberate in some performance/drag racing applications to have the effect of leveling the carbs under acceleration. I have seen dual quad originals with no spacer on the front and wedge spacer on the rear tilting it forward rather than leveling it.
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