Gary (6/9/2010)
Thanks to everyone for your responses. What about differences (lower height) in the bellcrank bolt on holes (in the mainfold) that requires 4 washers to elevate the 56 bellcrank so it will fit?Has anyone seen this? It makes me think the manifoldis from a 57 T-bird and the bellcrank needs to be lower in order to have a lower profile.??
Thanks,There is a height difference in the 56 intake and 57 intake as far as the linkage mounting bolts. I ran into this helping a friend put a 57 intake on a 56 TBird. Not sure that the cars were different from the TBirds as far as the 57 intake is concerned.
The linkage on a 56 TBird is different from the 57 TBird linkage although they look the same at a first glance. It probably has to do with the change in carbs in 57.
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