What about using a space in between the carb and intake will that cause a issue?The lock up is for the convertor only you will need the correct bracket for the carb and then have to correctly set up the cable, this is the part that burns up the trans if done wrong, search YouTube there are plenty of videos on doing this.
I just did this earlier this year with my 355 SBC install in my Regal that has a Holley and a 200R4.
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