I would have to catch Tom at his man cave to get them.
McQuillen Intake.
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I would have to catch Tom at his man cave to get them.
Ok, I’ll get them.
Ok, first, this is as close to being a two man job unless you grow a third arm and hand. That being said. Because of the angles involved between the two carbs I measured from the front carb air horn where your air filter base or air filter gasket would make contact. I laid a straight edge across the air horn on the passenger side so it is on the same plane as the carb as it sits on the intake . The straight edge spanning past the end of the intake. I measured to the China wall From the bottom edge of the straight edge. The distance from the air horn to the China wall is 9.125”. Is that clear to you.
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Thank you Ray! That sounds like exactly what is was looking for. Now to compare that to the other measurements I have. I'll post the comparisons later when I get home and out to the garage.
I forgot to add, my AFB style carbs have a 1/2” phenolic spacer plus a gasket on either side of the spacer or two gaskets total. So to get the correct measurements you would have to subtract the appropriate items. By the way, gaskets are a standard Edelbrock piece . If you need the part number to gauge thickness I will see if I still have the packaging .
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Thanks Ray. I have a couple of the 3/8 thick Edekbrock carb gaskets I use for comparison. I'll have to adjust measurements for the spacers.
The gaskets on either side of the spacer are assuredly not 3/8”. They would be glad to be 1/8” . I repeat, the gaskets are not 3/8”. I looked online, I’m pretty sure the gaskets are .032” each.
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So an Edelbrock intake with Edelbrock carbs with the Edelbrock 3/8" heat insulator gaskets, straight edge across the air cleaner mounting flange, measures 7 5/8" to the front China wall, 9" to the rear China wall. Stock intake with stock carbs measures 7 1/4" dry and 9" rear. I can't find where I wrote down the Z11 measurements, but according to my jig, the front would be approx. 1 1/2" taller than the Edelbrocks at the front, 9 1/8" and I believe the rear was over 11". Quite the angle on the Z11. So the Mcquillen intake would be about 1/2 " shorter than a Z11. But the carbs are farther apart on the McQuillen intake. Ok, I'm done rambling. Oh wait, another fyi, Edelbrock carbs are about 1/2" shorter than stock AFBs.
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