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Will this fit under the hood of a 67 Dart? It looks tall...

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Other gurus will weigh in on this, but having owned a 67 Dart in original configuration, I don't think so. It appears to be way too tall for a stock hood.
 
Is that an Air Gap? I have an Air Gap on my 69 340 Cuda with an Edelbrock Thunder carb, and it fits under the hood. I did have to buy a 2" high air cleaner element to replace the 3" one, but it fits.
 
I ran an Air gap on my 67 Dart with an Edelbrock carb. Not gonna lie, there was a dimple on the hood where the previous owner didn't have the stud cut short enough. Once that was trimmed and with a drop base air cleaner, it fit fine. That was using the Schumaker S6 to V8 adapter mounts.
 
Yep on my 68 340 s it fit with dropped base air cleaner and thinner filter. Need to buy the aftermarket throttle cable mount or make an extension to get it high enough
 
On my 67 Barracuda I have a Air Gap with FiTech. The height is the same as a carb. I got a 4'' air cleaner with a dropped base under there after I dropped the base another 3/4". The trick was to use a 16" to get the dropped section out far enough to clear the linkages. I've got about 3/8" hood clearance to the factory pie plate I put on top. It sits so low you can't even see the throttle body. Your issue preventing this might be the float bowls so an oval cleaner might work.

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I don't know if Dart's and Cuda's have the same hood height but I have an Air-Gap on my SB with a Holley on top of it WITH a 1" spacer and it clears the hood (just barely). The trick is to find a drop base air cleaner. I got the air cleaner with the most drop there is. The drop base cleaner barely clears the carb but it gave me a lot room to the hood. BTW: it's a 3" tall filter element on it too
 
fishy68 said:
I don't know if Dart's and Cuda's have the same hood height but I have an Air-Gap on my SB with a Holley on top of it WITH a 1" spacer and it clears the hood (just barely). The trick is to find a drop base air cleaner. I got the air cleaner with the most drop there is. The drop base cleaner barely clears the carb but it gave me a lot room to the hood. BTW: it's a 3" tall filter element on it too
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And the Holley is shorter then the Carter. Where the air cleaner sits.
 
I ran a Holley strip Dominator (M1, probably close to that) and a Holley and then a carter in a 65, dropped base air cleaner worked just fine. I had the thin motor mounts, not the 4" tall bricks.
 
I'm a big fan of fresh cold air to the carb, so, for me, the cheapest easiest way was to plug in the jigsaw and start nibbling.
I have the same set-up in a 68 Barracuda. Mines a little twisted tho; I sealed the carb to the bottom of the hood, and mounted an oval aluminum air filter on top of the hood between the hood-inserts. It doesn't look the best, but it solved some idle issues, and the engine seemed to pick up about 200 hp,lol. Those are azz-dyno ponies.
 
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Installing an AirGap intake and still use the open airfilter unit makes it appear the intake is just used for Show&Shine purposes.
The AirGap and a cold air intake should go together like bread and butter.
 
3 and 1/4 inch for Holley, 3 and 3/4 for AFB Carter.
Dont have a AFB around to measure, but I have in the past

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Sometimes that half inch makes all the difference.
 
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Now the top of the Holley is taller, BUT it is in the air cleaner so it does not matter.....
 
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