Hello,

Doing another rebuild on my 455 and the question has come up about hood clearance with the new edelbrock intakes. Everything is in pieces and hard to figure out although the Edelbrock 04b I used previously worked well with a quadrajet. Can anyone tell me if they've run the intake and carb combinations below with no required hood mods. If needed what mods were required. Thanks so much.

1969 Cutlass S Stock Hood

EDELBROCK PERFORMER OLDS 455 #2151 with 1971 Quadrajet
or
EDELBROCK RPM AIR-GAP OLDS 455 #7551 with 1971 Quadrajet

 

On my 69 Cutlass S I'm running a Torquer manifold and have no clearance issues. I don't know the height of your manifold.

Torquer carb pad height =5.05''

Performer carb pad height = 4.95'' So it should work

Air Gap carb pad height = 5.54 May have to use drop base air cleaner


Hope that helps

Chris

 

Thanks that'll get me going. Cheers.