What are the schools of thought concerning the space between the bottom of the scoop and the top of carb. In one of the Mopar books, they show the "bauman" scoop and show .50"-.75" from the bottom of the scoop to the top of the carbs, I just didn't know if that same logic would apply to the hilborn style scoop. I was thinking of putting some spacers to increase the distance say an 1"-1.5", sort of like a mini velocity stack. This should also help get the scoop up further into the "good air" zone. I noticed the air bells are 1.75" high.

So the longer transition should be better? I keep thinking that if I can create a smooth transition with a nice straight shot for the air, then that would be best. Like I said I am basically thinking of it as combining a scoop and velocity stack.