BillbUrruss

I never knew that and it may be the cure to my woes, I'm not sure if I want to do this without some help, I probably would open a real can of worms
Thanks

Frankie the Fink

Certainly get help if you need it but after swapping intakes - 'stabbing' the distributor is the easy part of the job; even if you have to compensate for the performance manifold

ryan22

1st page of this thread will not load for me...

Don't know if the problem is the computer I'm using or something else. ?

kingwoodvette

I just loaded both pages.

BillbUrruss

After I installed the Edlebrock I put the distributor back in the same way it came out and it dropped all the way down, perfectly. But the vacume advance was hard against the manifold and could only be adjusted one way, which was the wrong way according to my timing light. I took it to my local friend/mechanic and it was one tooth off. I believe it was like that when I bought it. I never owned a 283/230hp, so I just thought it was supposed to be sort of a "weak" runner. Runs much better now.
Thanks
Bill

BillbUrruss

My hood is just touching the stock air cleaner. I have a 61 283/230hp with a WCFB carb, with no spacer and I have a C4B intake. I need about a 1/4" and It was suggested to take the C4B to the local machine shop and have it milled down.
Does anybody know if the stock cast iron manifold is lower than the C4B?
I never thought to measure. Or is there an old style aluminum manifold than is lower

Frankie the Fink

I can almost guarantee the cast iron manifold is shorter but I have no measurements to back it up. I don't know of another aftermarket manifold that'll even come close to giving you the hood clearance with the original WCFB/air cleaner combo. The eddybrock 3CB and related series are the lowest, aluminum, dual planes I found that would work on my car. I did run an AFB carb with it though - something to think about if its lower than the WCFB.

BillbUrruss

I called Edlebrock and they said it was the lowest profile they ever made. I'm going to pull it off and compare it to the stock OEM and then decide what to do
Thanks for responding

BillbUrruss

Well I reinstalled my OEM cast iron manifold because the Edlebrock C4B sat up about a 1/4" too high and the air cleaned rubbed the hood.
Then I took the car to my mechanic because I couldn't figure out the timing. He agreed there is a problem and couldn't adjust it by turning the distributer but it is in correctly. He suspects my balancer has slipped. It seems to start and run fine so I'll live with it. I really liked the looks of the aluminum manifold. Wasn't meant to be

Frankie the Fink

It would be a really odd coincidence that your balancer slipped sufficiently to affect your timing concurrently with an intake swap. Possible, but I would double check everything else before rebuilding the balancer....

BillbUrruss

I'm having the windshield and dash pad replaced at Tony's Corvettes. I'll get them to look at it

BillbUrruss

I ended up taking the C4B off and replacing it with the stock cast iron manifold that was on the car because it is about a 1/2" higher and the air cleaner was rubbing the hood. Then I tried the timing and couldn't find the mark. Starts, no backfiring, and purrs like a kitten.
I took my car to my mechanic and had him check the timing. He said everything was fine but he couldn't time it. TDC was on number one but when he tried to time it he couldn't see the mark. His guess was the balancer may be screwed up. The car runs fine so I said to leave it alone.
I now have the car at Tony's Corvettes in Gaithersburg, MD, for a new windshield and dash pad and several other little things and asked him to look at the timing. We'll see.