Using Ford/SVO high-port alloy heads & intake raises my carb top above the left & right engine covers without a spacer, so I'm in a worse situation than you are, engine-screen-wise, but I'm still trying..
I;m milling My SVO intake down 1" and adding a spacer ..
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