Marvin
This is dated info, about 15 years ago, but hope this helps. I used the
stock type M manifolds and I thought the front carb was to high also.
More than thought, it was too high. First found that the new front
motor mount pads where about 1/8 inch thicker than the origianals. This
pushes the engine up a bit at sits in a V. Also makes it hard to get
the mount bolts lined up. Changing the pads and wiggling all the mount
bolts to their lowest possible engine position helped. Next found that
the M manifolds where not originals but where machined from castings
made later (not in the 1950's). The surface machined at the
manifold/head interface on the manifolds was off by about 3 degrees (if
I remnember the number correctly). That made the difference and the
carbs now set correctly under the bonnet
Aloha
Perry
From: Marvin James <britcrs@gmail.com>
Sent: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 6:03 am
For the first time since I put the engine in the chassis, we had the
front
shroud on my BN1. It has M carbs on Denis Welch intake manifolds. It
appears
that the front carb sticks up too high to close the bonnet (we didn't
try).
The cars at the painters so I'm sitting at home in the ponder mode. Any
ideas? I should have the car back next week and can dig in to it in
detail.
Marv J
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