Carb Questions, yes - I searched first... Options

[sdoolin]

Building a 2056 and almost complete with it except for carb rebuilding and a few other details. Going with dual Dell 40's.

My gasket kit came with what I will call "spacers" that are used between cylinder head and FI runners. Do I (should I) use these when mounting my carb manifolds? I did not use them on a bus engine I built years and years ago and it ran well - for a very long time so I am tempted to go without them, but thought I would ask.

If there is significant good reason to use them, where do I find the seemingly very (very) thin gaskets that go on each side of them (head side & manifold side)? I ordered intake manifolds from Pelican but them seem a bit thick (I can use them if I choose not to use the "spacers").

Also have a few questions about accelerator cable and carb base plates. Can I re-use the cable that is in the car (it was injected and ran well)? If yes, is there an "off the shelf" bracket to mount it on the engine such that it operates the cross bar linkage? And finally (for now) does the cross bar linkage go on the front or back of the carbs (depending on base plate orientation)?

Pics of your carb'ed set-up might really help me out here so if you got 'em, please feel free to use 'em.

[r_towle]

Hi,
So the phenolic spacers helps to prevent the heat from the heads getting up to the carbs and boiling the fuel....it happens.
I use them at both joints, head to manifold and manifold to carbs.

Gaskets, reddline Webber, or aircooled.net

Linkage, Chris Foley, Tangering racing, or again the two above.

Rich

[Ansbacher]

I used spacers on a 356SC engine with Solex carbs for a while and saw no difference either way. May carbs always percolated when sitting after a good run, with or without the spacers.

Ansbacher