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Course of action decided -

I needed to decide between
- Installing thermal spacer between existing Edelbrock carb and intake
or
- replacing Edelbrock carb with a QuadraJet
I needed to consider the amount of work involved, expense and the underlying fact that I am very satisfied with the performance of the existing carb - except for dying when hot/idling.
After getting set up in winter storage I spent some time under the hood. All linkages , vacuum lines and fuel line will easily handle a 1/2” lift , with the exception of the transmission kick down, I’d need to modify the bracket there.
I’m taking the spacer route. (1/2” , phenolic) I think that the odds of it curing my hot carb problem are very good , it’s an easy job , and I’ll be out only about $50. Re-routing linkages and vacuum lines did not sound like fun ; I carefully organized and replaced all of that last winter. The Q-Jet probably would have performed well, with it’s smaller primaries and zinc bowl casting , but “bird in hand” prevails.

Thanks to all for the valuable input. I have learned from it.
I’ll report back when appropriate.