I have a 92 rs. Just built a 350 for it. Im looking at I takes right now and was wondering if anyone has a air gap I take with edelbrock carb and if that will clear factory hood. Id also like to put a air cleaner on it. It will most likely hace to be a drop base. But if anybody has ran into clearance problems with an air gap intake please let me know

 

I don't think it will close with the air gap, I know I just did the carb swap yesterday and I would have been able to close my hood...I have a performer rpm, holley 650 double pumper and with a 3 in filter and drop base it soul
Would be impossible for my stock hood to clear. (Luckily I am running a3in rise ram air hood)

 

The carb mount does not sit any higher on an "Air Gap" intake than on the same type non-"Air Gap" intake. Meaning the carb on a Performer Air Gap won't be any higher than on a Performer manifold; or a carb on a Performer RPM Air Gap won't sit any higher than on a Performer RPM.

As long as you don't use an adapter or spacer, and do use a drop base air cleaner, the hood will close.

 

i run an airgap with a drop base and a 3in air cleaner with a thick carb gaskt and it closes , its pretty damn tight but it does work. i have had a holley and an edel no problems with eitheir one. my hood is the iroc style if that matters

 

Good thread. Im planning out a motor swap in my 87 firebird and was wondering if a airgap with a AED mod holly choke horn removed holly would fit under my stock power buldge hood? And base dropped air filter

 

When I first modified my 86 T/A, LG4, I installed an old Performer manifold with a Holley carb and I modified the stock air cleaner to fit over the Holley fuel bowls and it fit but it was close. Later I had installed a Performer RPM and then in the stock air cleaner would hit the hood so I had to get a drop base air cleaner.

 

hey do u have any part numbers I am having the same problem I have a 350, performer rpm, and edelbrock 1411 i bought a edelbrock 1221 but it does not clear.

 

I would think the Edlebrock 1221 or 1207 would fit. Here's a quick search link on Summit

http://www.summitracing.com/search/d...rder=Ascending

 

hey thx, I had to get a mr. gasket 1480a and that works like a charm

 

I would like to find a drop base that I can use with my cowl-induction top.

 

Check out this thread
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/carb...b-sealing.html

 

Very informative, but not sure it's what I'm looking for.

I need one for a stock bird "Power bulge hood", that's drop base enough to allow me to fit a performer RPM or RPM Air Gap intake but is still sealed like the factory ones is so I can use my factory style top.