71 Bronco I am working on is stock. The body had some bad days in it's past, for example pan braces at toe board were crammed down over mounts and fenders had been replaced. I fixed that cab area stuff and after some challenges have good gaps going. On to the front end... New aprons are still in with screws pending final fitup.
Lowering the hood at rear to match fender height was the last thing in fitting new hood. Dangdest thing though...
The carb stud hits hood bracing. It is only 1 3/4" long above the air horn. Low profile aftermarket chrome air cleaner (which also hits another hood brace) is on it with wing nut. Took the stud out, finalized hood but...
Upon further inspection, a 1"+ tall spacer (with a tiny wafer thin heat shield maybe, on top) is present. It has one hose only going to it, the PCV.
So... what am I looking at, is it an add-on or is the body messed up or??? Can anybody tell me if that is supposed to be there? "Looks factory" but I ain't looked real close. Would a 4V have had PCV on the throttle plate? Its not a Pontiac soooo...?
We've had to notch Bronco hood bracing before, and this one will be EFI on the 302 just not a Coyote which is wide but low. I need to know if I have stock clearance or not. Looks to me like the short open air filter was installed to compensate for loss of hood clearance from smashed pan braces. The frame appears to be undamaged in a brief X-ing with tram gauge.
Its always something, detective work required. I suspect none had much clearance originally.
Thanks in advance if you can even point me at the right rabbit hole.
Lowering the hood at rear to match fender height was the last thing in fitting new hood. Dangdest thing though...
The carb stud hits hood bracing. It is only 1 3/4" long above the air horn. Low profile aftermarket chrome air cleaner (which also hits another hood brace) is on it with wing nut. Took the stud out, finalized hood but...
Upon further inspection, a 1"+ tall spacer (with a tiny wafer thin heat shield maybe, on top) is present. It has one hose only going to it, the PCV.
So... what am I looking at, is it an add-on or is the body messed up or??? Can anybody tell me if that is supposed to be there? "Looks factory" but I ain't looked real close. Would a 4V have had PCV on the throttle plate? Its not a Pontiac soooo...?
We've had to notch Bronco hood bracing before, and this one will be EFI on the 302 just not a Coyote which is wide but low. I need to know if I have stock clearance or not. Looks to me like the short open air filter was installed to compensate for loss of hood clearance from smashed pan braces. The frame appears to be undamaged in a brief X-ing with tram gauge.
Its always something, detective work required. I suspect none had much clearance originally.
Thanks in advance if you can even point me at the right rabbit hole.
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