Reply to "Q about angle of engine & transmission?"

The angled engine was for front-engine passsenger cars to minimize the big hump in the floor to miss the bellhousing & transmissions. In mid-engined cars and all race cars, a perfectly horizontal engine works better for carbs and oil pump pickups. Angle-mounted engines use a similarly-angled intake manifold so the carb sits level in front engine cars. Otherwise, the front & rear float bowls need very careful height adjustment to keep the mixture correct. On some brands of intakes, its possible to mill the carb pad flat and use angled washers so the carb is held flat by the nuts; on others, they cannot practically be cut; often the length of the rearmost fuel-air passages are longer than in the front. If yours is made like this, I'd sell that intake and find one thats made flat.