The carb is currently still below the hood line and not up in the scoop.

That may change though. When we dynoed the first build we did we found the the 2" APD black widow spacer made significant gains in HP and torque.

Unfortunately, we never got the chance to try an on track test to see if those gains carried to real world ET's

My point is that the addition of that spacer might move the carb up into the hole or at least maybe have the top of the carb flush with the bottom of the hood.