I know it's oly a 3.5 techumseh, BUT

[I like karts]

If anyone is familiar with these, you know what I'm talking about when I say the intake manifold looks very very restrictive. If I just got rid of this and mounted the carb up higher right on the intake, wouldn't it make the flow like 20x better?

 

[Russ2251]

No difference will be noticed.

 

[I like karts]

Are you sure? The manifolds are pretty tiny and sharply curved. Surely a straight-through design would at least make the throttle response a little better. less surface for gas to cling to.

 

[Kenny_McCormic]

You actually want a rough surface in an intake manifold. All curves must be as gentle as possible.

Why rough? Spray something on glass, then spray it on a cement driveway. See the problem?

 

[I like karts]

Agh that's so counter intuitive though