A 1967 Corvette Roadster Gasser?

[pyro-manic]

Can you not just extend the carbs? I have a Revell '78 Firebird kit that has a ludicrous carb setup sticking waaaaay up for the dragster option.

EDIT: 'Tis this one:



I've no idea what such a setup might lose/gain in terms of performance for your specific build, but it's clearly a thing that can happen. Alternatively, mod the firewall to allow the engine to sit higher further back? That would possibly involve some more serious interior work, but you've been doing quite a bit of that already.

[Go4fun]

I guess I could build a 'manifold box' for the carbs. I was also thinging of using a 1:24th scale supercharger on the 1:25 car to get things looking better.

[PR19_Kit]

Increasing the length of the carb airway usually lowers the maximum torque revs, while keeping the amount of torque the same, if I remember my Auto Eng properly after all these years. 

For a drag car that sounds like a good idea to me, gets you to max torque with a smaller throttle opening earlier in the start procedure. My Imp stock racer had a Weber 40DCOE on a 6-7" long manifold, which was as long as it would go before shoving the carb right through the inner rear wheel arch! 

[Go4fun]

I've used 'adapter plates' which were stacked 4 deep on a stock car for a short dirt track. Too say there was 'a little milling going on inside for air velocity' is like saying a C-5A is a 'fair sized carrier plane'.