Intake porting/blending
Not sure on rarity or value of that intake “as is” but if those issues aren’t factors as to whether you should or shouldn’t and running the carb an adapter are set, I’d be doing some grinding on it. I’d grind straight down on the four corners as marked so it matches that adapter/plate, contour/blend into the roof runners, and then work on the walls from roof to floor. Or, you could simply attempt to keep the shape of each corner but grind so essentially all you’ve done is moved the corners out to match the adapter/plate, try and replicate the contours, maybe round things a little more at most
Not sure on rarity or value of that intake “as is” but if those issues aren’t factors as to whether you should or shouldn’t and running the carb an adapter are set, I’d be doing some grinding on it. I’d grind straight down on the four corners as marked so it matches that adapter/plate, contour/blend into the roof runners, and then work on the walls from roof to floor. Or, you could simply attempt to keep the shape of each corner but grind so essentially all you’ve done is moved the corners out to match the adapter/plate, try and replicate the contours, maybe round things a little more at most
