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Tech Talk => Engine Mechanical / Electrical => Topic started by: coors909 on April 26, 2016, 05:58:13 PM
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Do I need to put a riser between the carb and intake manifold? Or is just a gasket fine?
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Such a loaded question.
What manifold, what carburetor, what cam grind?
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Such a loaded question.
What manifold, what carburetor, what cam grind?
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Edlebrock performer, 850 Holley marine is the one I was thinking. Not sure on grind
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Edlebrock performer, 850 Holley marine is the one I was thinking. Not sure on grind
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I have had a lot of success running a 1" spacer on open manifolds. On the performer, I would try just a gasket to take full advantage of the dual plane, maybe even try a four hole spacer, not open.
GT
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I have had a lot of success running a 1" spacer on open manifolds. On the performer, I would try just a gasket to take full advantage of the dual plane, maybe even try a four hole spacer, not open.
GT
Alright that is good to know. Thank you
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Such a loaded question.
What manifold, what carburetor, what cam grind?
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So true, "such a loaded question".
This is just my own experience with a performer intake.
Idle quality and off idle throttle response was best with no spacer and a gasket that sealed the intakes center divider (no open center gaskets). Even an open center 1/4" spacer/gasket would hurt idle quality and off idle throttle response slightly. But even the 1/4" open spacer seemed to help a bit at high RPM. If you look at the higher RPM range dual plain intakes (performer rpm, etc) the center divider in the intake is dropped below the carb mounting flange.
I would agree with GT as a start, depending on intended use/application. Then later if you think a little extra top end might be helpful try a small open spacer. An open spacer will not turn a performer into a performer RPM. And the spacer might not make any improvement, depends on you max RPM.
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I'm just really trying to get the boat on the water and have it dependable. It's getting so close to summer and I still have a lot of stuff to buy lol
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