Dude, thanks for the update ....I quess I "assumed" (we all know what that means ) that the tapered style lumps were used....it was probably mentioned in on of the earlier posts, but I don't think I got through them all.....encouraging news that the clifford didn't give up as much as I had been told....seems the Edelbrock for the street, Clifford for racing myth was busted.....fats

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