Shoot, my carb doesn't fit my later model head

[aahsac]

I replaced my busted cylinder head (C9) with a later model D3. Everything was going fine until I went to put the thing that goes under the carburetor on the intake, and it didn't fit. It seems the bolt spacing on the C9 is somewhere around 7 3/4 and it is around 9 1/2 on the D3 (working from memory here).

I'll go back through my Ford Falcon Six Cylinder book (what a great investment) but does someone know what the solution is?

A second question. I gave the motor a good spin up with the starter with the plugs out hoping to see some oil flow around the valve train. Should I see some oil or will I have to wait for motor start?

Thanks

 

[Mercury Mike]

You'll see smalllll drops of oil coming out of the rockers and such. =) And with the carb spacer, you may need to open the holes wider, might be the only way it's going to work. =)

 

[The Plankster Prankster]

or you could do as a friend of mine did and build a spacer that serves as an adapter between bolt patterns

 

[MustangSix]

There should be enough meat to redrill and tap the late head for the early adapter. Just make sure you get all the chips out.

 

[XFlow_Fairlane]

could one just slot the holes on the adaptor?

or could make a new adaptor up pretty simpley.

 

[aahsac]

Thanks for all the input. I took a die grinder/cutoff blade and cut a notch out of each end, turning the hole into a slot. I centered it above the manifold inlet and used hardened washers under the bolts. When I tighted the carb down the washers stayed nice and flat and didn't try to tilt down from the adapter so i should be OK.

Now that I'm able to drive the car I'm off to the next problem. There's one lifter that doesn't want to stay pumped up!