2.4 reed plate and 7 pedal carbs??

[quickdraw]

I have a reed plate from a 2.4 BP efi with 7 pedal reeds and I matched them up to a 7 pedal carb manifold. I have heard that on an efi 2.5 people use a 1 inch spacer for more performance. This reed plate is is about 1 inch and matches up pretty well so I am wondering if there is a performanc gain to be had here??
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[Talon2.5]

so you want to bolt your carbs and intake to the EFI reed plate and then bolt all that onto the front half of the block

hhhhmmmm interesting, i dont believe they've talked about that here before but a guy i know that ownes a shop in town did it to a bridgeprt carbed like you want to and said it helped, however i never saw the set-up and never saw it run so cant answer your question based on what ive seen, only what i had heard

[Rusrog]

I am actually doing it on my next carb motor. You will haev to fab up a bracket to hold the shift & throttle cables. The longer distance between the carb & the entrance to the reed cage is supposed to smooth the flow and increase velocity of the intake charge. I don't know if this is actually the case but I have heard of decent gains on bottom end & mid-range. It is a good idea we will have to see if it pans out in reality.

Russ Rogers
Ft Worth TX

[quickdraw]

I guess I could try it and if it doesn't work I can always put it back the way it's supposed to be. Should be interesting.
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[Talon2.5]

ive heard of using carb spacers and putting a larger roller wheel on the linkage, heard it worked well also

[T-REX]

Dropp'in tha velosity behind tha carbz are tha reel draw back wit carbs,,,I have put 1" spacers behind tha carbs, and found that making the spacer have a kinna venturi shape gave more ov a performance increese, but only on low end/mid range...I have noticed that sum ov tha Carb boats runn'in in Pro Carb have tha spacer plates behind tha intake...Ask'in how it effected jetting, and all I ever got wuz funny lookz...I run 1" spacers between tha air box and tha manifold on lazer injection, and it iz worth 2- 10ths in 400'...Y can actually feel tha diffrence in punch in tha seet ov ya pantz...In my way ov thank'in, don't do nutt'in U Kan't undo!!...Try it, never leern nutt'in wit out try'in stuff....each motor iz like a woman, dey all got a mind ov ther own, and all perform in differnt wayz...so, what workz for Joe Blow, may not work fer Yo mota...my 2 centz, REX:cool:

[Talon2.5]

dey all got a mind ov ther own, and all perform in differnt wayz...so, what workz for Joe Blow, may not work fer Yo mota...my 2 centz, REX

AMEN TO THAT!!!