Victor intake on a B motor and stock hood

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According to Edelbrock's web site the RPM has a carb height of 5.35 and the Victor is 6.13, so about 3/4 inch higher. Do you know how much hood clearance you had before?
 
qkcuda said:
According to Edelbrock's web site the RPM has a carb height of 5.35 and the Victor is 6.13, so about 3/4 inch higher. Do you know how much hood clearance you had before?
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I had about 1/2" between the airbreather with a 1" drop. It should fit with a shorter base. Just curious what others may have done.
 
The interference point on mine was the bracing, not the hood skin. I trimmed a bit for clearance, rather than going to a dropped base air cleaner. May be another option for you to gain a little.

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I managed to get the stock hood to close by kicking up the back of the hood (1/2”), using a drop base and air filter lid. Andrew
 
It probably won't clear. But the only way to be sure is to mock it up and see.

My car has an Edelbrock, a NOS powershot plate and a Moroso drop-base air cleaner and it just barely clears. So yours will be 3/4" taller less the 1/2" plate...
 
Here is where I ended up, a bit old school, but it’s worth it in my opinion to get the HP #’s we were after. I can probably take another 1/4” out of it. Andrew

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Yes. It was a whole new motor build (still based on the 400). The intake from RPM to the Victor was the only thing that changed dimensionally. Andrew
 
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