<VV> Carb Spacer and the DANGER involved

[Louis C. Armer,Jr.]

Even more likely would be some grease monkey or yahoo owner would get 
the tire and rim placed on the wrong
lug hole ...............drop the engine lid to close it and cause 
MAJOR metal problems with a warped engine lid. Way
too many variables to make this anything but an individual choice 
made by a careful and observant owner.

Chuck Armer
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  At 04:43 PM 5/23/2006, you wrote:
>Hokay so I took a 15 minute break to try out the spacer - made a 
>6"x8"x 5/8" quadrilateral to match the plate. Then took 2" off the 
>narrow end because the tire stuck up too high and the deck lid would not close.
>
>Now have almost 2" clearance above the right carb so enough room to 
>put an inch or so spacer. Tire now just touches deck lid. However I 
>do not have any deck lid insulation fitted. If I did, the stock 
>location would be all she wrote.
>
>So is possible that GM knew about the benefits of the carb spacer 
>but if added it would require moving the spare tire to the trunk 
>like the a/c cars. More important the "available trunk space" spec 
>(except with a/c) would have dropped and the marketeers would have 
>screamed. Space saver spare would cure the issue but don't think 
>they were available until 1967 by which time GM was not developing the Corvair.
>
>It is also entirely possible that a stock engine below 4,000 rpm 
>does not need the spacer but there is only one way to find out. Just 
>wish I could find my G-Tech Pro.
>
>Padgett
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