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I didn't even notice that the spacer was there. It was getting dark when I removed the solex... I saw it now and it's stuck. Hopefully I can remove it without breaking itThe spacer stops heat soak from the manifold to the carb. Your solex would have had one.. You can reuse it and open it up per the gasket to match the manifold and carb.
Tim,To really improve the car you need to get the curved branch manifold with a 32/36 Weber and cold air induction kit as sold by Alpine Innovations (I have no connection with them but have two of their carb systems). This gives correct atomisation of the fuel and your car will not only return very high mpg it will perform like it never has before AND stay in tune. The 'Log' manifold tends to either give you puddles in the intake for 1 and 4 or lean running at 2 and 3.
Tim R
Tim,
Iirc there was an error in the design and you can't run a brake servo without having stalling issues?
Yes that is my understanding, the only solution i believe they offer is to plug the vac port.IIRC, it's a problem with the PCV feeding into just the single runner for cylinder four. The single runner feed causes the mixture to go lean on that cylinder.
But....this is a rather tiny hole and I guess that the hole in the new design is bigger and that rules out the possibility of fitting a vacuum gauge. Or....drill a new hole.
Regards,
Peter
Can you buy just the manifold?