Mike Armstrong
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I've had a few inquiries about my carb mount so I thought I would post some pics that I had taken when I made it.
I couldn't stand the look of the stock 'Tower of Babylon' looking carb mount and I wanted a lower profile not only to use the air cleaner I liked but just for general aesthetics too.
I ended up using two of the stock carb spacers. One that is bolted to the manifold, the second is used to mount the carb on and then both are bolted to the first. A total of the three carb base gaskets and eight bolts are used.
The carb mounting area on the stock manifold is angled forward to account for the engine normally setting in the engine bay with the back of the engine lower than the front, which then would level out the carb. The 2.8 in my Alpine sits level so the carb slants forward. Though this apparently hasn't been a problem for carburation, the air cleaner didn't look right slanted forward over a level engine so I ground off the air cleaner base till it leveled out when mounted on the carb.
https://goo.gl/photos/sfDVnwio2KSXz36Z6
I couldn't stand the look of the stock 'Tower of Babylon' looking carb mount and I wanted a lower profile not only to use the air cleaner I liked but just for general aesthetics too.
I ended up using two of the stock carb spacers. One that is bolted to the manifold, the second is used to mount the carb on and then both are bolted to the first. A total of the three carb base gaskets and eight bolts are used.
The carb mounting area on the stock manifold is angled forward to account for the engine normally setting in the engine bay with the back of the engine lower than the front, which then would level out the carb. The 2.8 in my Alpine sits level so the carb slants forward. Though this apparently hasn't been a problem for carburation, the air cleaner didn't look right slanted forward over a level engine so I ground off the air cleaner base till it leveled out when mounted on the carb.
https://goo.gl/photos/sfDVnwio2KSXz36Z6
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