[DeTomaso] Intake manifold tilt

Tomas Gunnarsson guson at home.se
Fri Mar 28 14:06:55 EDT 2008


I understand that different manifolds require different angles. If you can estimate the angle within one degree, go with that. I noticed no difference when I had my carb angle leveled anyway.

Tomas

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sean Korb" <spkorb at gmail.com>
To: "panteralist" <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 2:15 PM
Subject: [DeTomaso] Intake manifold tilt


> My newly reborn Pantera has some carburetor issues.  I think it's a little
> tilted after I installed my injector bung festooned manifold.  Does anyone
> know how many degrees I should shave a carburetor spacer to get it level
> again?  It looks like about 5 degrees, and the angle finder has it somewhere
> between 4 and 6 degrees, but I thought there might be an accepted angle for
> Panteras.
> 
> Of course, I could work on getting the EFI working instead :)
> 
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