Just doesn't look right...

[Fox]

Was putting my Road Demon carb on the Edelbrock Performer RPM intake of my 302, stepped back to look at my handywork and things just looked a little odd.

I knew the intake had a slight slope from back to front, but with the carb and attached fuel lines it seemed...well...wrong.

I made sure the carb was down and that the flares of the fuel lines were seated...no change. Obviously this means a tilt to the air cleaner too.

Check it out...




I tried to keep the photos level to the cylinder head/valve covers to show off the angles.

Well, what do you think?

-John

[Aussie Mike]

Hi John,

The engine in a Cobra sits about level and so should the carb. Most of the aftermarket manifolds have a slope on the carb flange to keep the carb level as most regular cars the motor tilts back.

Having the carb on a tilt probably won't affect performance, it's just a cosmetic thing. If it was me though I would machine the carb flange flat, weld and re tap the holes.

Cheers

Mike

[Excaliber]

I think you can buy adaptors for under the carb that address this.

[Trueoo7]

John
I have the same setup and didn't really notice it too much until I tried to mount the oval air cleaner. Took out the grinder and after about two hours of working on the air cleaner mount I got it to fit. Had to drill an oversized hole for the float adjustment screw to recess into but I just put an oversized piece of inner tube rubber underneath to keep from pulling air in through the hole. Other than that I don't have any problems with performance. You could get a spacer as Ernie said and have it machined to take away the tilt. I say machined because it has to be perfectly true to the carb and manifold in order to get the proper seal. If you do use a grinder on any part that is aluminum, throw the wheel away after use as I've seen the aluminum get stuck to the wheel and then come flying off when it is used on steel. VERY DANGEROUS.

True

[Fox]

Well for those who may be interested, I contacted Barry Grant and they assured me that the inclination of the intake will not be a significant problem for the carburetor or fuel delivery. They also directed me to Transdapt ( tdperformance.com )for spacers with an 8* incline if I wanted to mount it backwards in an attempt to level out my Edlebrock RPM intake.

Apparently this incline is to compensate the nose rise on acceleration to keep the carb level. Interesting.

I am building a street beast with no plans for race/strip. I think for now I will leave it alone and see how it goes. Who knows maybe I'll get bored and head for the track!

Thanks a lot Mike, Ernie and True. I appreciate the insight.
-John