Fitting edelbrock on stock manifold

[mastersativa]

I have the correct adapter now and i am just wondering what brackets everyone has tried or installed on their engines for the throttle and trans t.v. cable. any help would be appreciated. i know 30 bucks for a bracket isnt extremely spendy, but i can fab so i am also wondering if anyone has fabbed the stock bracket to work. i have the stock cable bracket fabbed up on the holley spreadbore now and it works alright, but i believe the square bore carbs pull the trans cables differently. thanks for all the advice.

 

[anakputa]

Throw that adapter away. I lost a motor once because the "adapters" mounting nut got sucked down the intake. 73 Cutlass with a 454..just cruising down the road and "boom". Save your money and get the correct intake.

 

[RITTER]

I would also suggest to get yourself an intake

Throw that adapter away. I lost a motor once because the "adapters" mounting nut got sucked down the intake. 73 Cutlass with a 454..just cruising down the road and "boom". Save your money and get the correct intake.

Just curious, how does one of the mounting bolts get to the intake opening?

 

[joe_padavano]

Throw that adapter away.

X2 (or is it X3?). Why upgrade your carb then add a restrictive adapter that hurts flow? Either get a Qjet or get an aftermarket intake. These adapters are trash.

 

[mastersativa]

well nevermind then. obviously getting a 7111 would be ideal. im just trying to daily driver this thing. thanks again.

 

[RITTER]

If you really don't want to swap your intake out, you will need to get a nice adapter like a Hamburger one or something. They are like $100 but they are nice.

 

[DrRansom442]

$100. carb spacer? :shock: a used intake is really starting to sound pretty good.

 

[RITTER]

haha, kind of my point. You can get a very nice used intake for $100 or less. You'll just have to swap it out, so it'll be like another $20 for an intake gasket set and an hour or two of your time.

 

[anakputa]

Thats what I was wondering, it was probably one of the first adapters around and they changed designs. Talk about being pissed. The car was cherry but had no motor, I found a wagon some old lady was selling and swapped the 454 in there. It was a real sleeper and I was going to flip it for a buck then boom...I wish I came across deals like I did back in the 80's.

 

[mastersativa]

Installed carb with 25 dollar adapter, the one like edelbrock sells, solid not open, with q-jet holes on one side and square bore holes on the other side. runs like a dream. stock throttle and trans bracket works fine. thanks for the help.