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MauiBob

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1 hour ago, MauiBob said:

Any input on removing the 5-6 mm thick black rubber gaskets in between side draft manifold and head? I'd like that space to give stacks bit more room away from brake booster and battery.... (I know it will go aft soon enough)

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You will probably find they are some kind of 'soft mount' with o-rings internally to seal between the carb and manifold.  You can take them out and use paper gaskets but you might find a thinner phenolic isolation block would be useful to try and keep some heat off the carbs.  Not sure it you would end up saving much space.  you will also need to reset your linkage when the carbs move but that shouldn't be a big deal.

rtheriaque wrote:

Carbs: They're necessary and barely controlled fuel leaks that sometimes match the air passing through them.

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I figured I can just loosen the setscrews on the linkage, as the carbs move toward the head 5 mm I can tighten set screws and be pretty close to sync'd ( Ha!) I don't need much room, the awesome horns I just got from Corsa Velocita can rotate, but the second from the firewall hits no matter where it's positioned. Just need 5-6 mm....  I can't imagine those gaskets really keep much heat off the carbs, I've been pouring over side draft set up picks and many seem to be flush on the head.

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Here is a better pic, just over 5 mil thick. Keep in mind that the reduction in heat transfer in not just based on distance, the material reduces thermal transmission.  Two other factors may influence you lack of clearance; intake manifold and/or brake booster. Neither are stock on mine.DFFE0AEB-303F-48D7-AD19-32EC90FA3960.thumb.jpeg.d1f21954cc48c2b7902095d0781916e6.jpeg

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On 1/12/2019 at 3:15 AM, MauiBob said:

 

They're a band beyond description 

 

 

- Bob Marley (RIP) of course had a Bavaria, in an interview he said, "Yeah, BMW one with the road, no, It not stand for Bob Marley and the Wailers, I think it mean British-made-war-car"

 

Seen.

 

I'm going to do this from what's left of my memory: 

 

Garcia had a silver 72 CS  auto.

Weir had a silver 72Tii with a Nardi, a monster stereo and a quick steering box, Konis and bars.

Lesh had a malaga 72/3 that he de-chromed and later passed on to Keith

Can't remember what Donna had (74?) that she T-boned Keith's car with (see above)

Frances had a gold 73

Kidd had a white 69/70 with Konis and bars

Matthews had a malaga 69 with Konis and bars

 

etcetera, etcetera.

 

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