Intake porting/blending

What if I run without the spacer? The carb does open up all the way with out it.

Obviously you don’t “need” the spacer.
It’s all up to you to decide how much time and money you want to spend to be able to utilize that particular A/R type spacer....... which is an unknown quantity as to just how much difference in power there will be with it on your particular combo.

It would be pretty low on my list of things I was worried about until the motor was in the car and running.