Originally Posted by 68 HEMI GTS
Originally Posted by A727Tflite
Originally Posted by topside
No, the spacers were for carb clearance, which always seemed a bit odd to me.
And my moving the K down, that likely put the right valve cover into the rt shock tower panel.
Sorry if my earlier post was confusing in that regard.


Yes, unless someone has limited hood clearance, you open a whole can of worms by using the k frame spacers.
It made the early cars without the modified steering linkage all wonky running down the track.




Spacers provide header clearance to the steering linkage. Engine sits in the stock big block location. My car is a factory big block, that’s how I positioned the motor plate, hemi sits exactly where the factory 383 did. Without spacers the headers crash into the steering linkage.
That’s true with the tti and hooker’s


The engine and k frame and steering move as a unit. Spacers do nothing for header clearance.

Steering column is affected as it is fixed to the firewall but that can flex at the mounting flange.