[DeTomaso] Intake manifold tilt

[Will Kooiman]

I did mine trial and error.  I don't have a mill, so I used a belt sander, a
plastic spacer, and a level.  Sound redneck?  Maybe so, but it worked.

Total cost - about $25.

It made a big difference.  Without the spacer, it would stall under heavy
braking no matter what I did to the floats.  With the spacer, I could stand
on the brakes with the floats properly adjusted, and it wouldn't come close
to stalling.

Will.

-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
Behalf Of Tomas Gunnarsson
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 1:07 PM
To: spkorb at spkorb.org; panteralist
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Intake manifold tilt

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 :)
> 
> -- 
> Sean Korb spkorb at spkorb.org http://www.spkorb.org
> '65, '68 Mustangs, '68 Cougar, '78 R100/7, '59 Austin A35, '71 Pantera
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