I don’t have any actual experience with this, so take it for what it’s worth, but since no one else has commented I’ll throw some stuff out there. And it’s been a long time since I took a close look at a “stock” 1960 Ford with FE. I’m just going to arm chair estimate any difference from the stock set up and the Edelbrock.
I think the original casting number for the regular 352 cast iron intake manifold in the 1960 Ford was the C0AE-9425-B. That’s based on casting numbers I’ve been logging the last few years. I didn’t save a picture of one, but I believe they are pretty much the same dimensions & design as the C4SE-9425-A iron intake Jay tested for his book. Looking in the book, The Great FE Intake Comparo ( which everyone should have a copy of, right?
) Jay has the carb pad height dimensions measured, which diagram the angle of the carb pad too. The C4SE-A intake shows a 3.125” front height and 5.00” rear height. This is measured by laying a straight edge across the carb pad and measuring at the front & back of the intake. The Streetmaster shows dimensions of 4.00” front and 5.875” at the back. So that shows the Edelbrock Streetmaster has the same carb pad angle, but is 0.875” taller. There is a little more set back of the carb on the Streetmaster, that may help a tiny bit with clearance, but just a guess.
The Holley carb and the Ford 4100 4V are the same height from base to air cleaner flange, 3.25”, so basically the carb is a constant in the question.
I don’t know what the ‘60 Ford with regular 352 used for a carb spacer, if any. I took a quick glance in my Ford Parts Book, but I really didn’t see anything listed for that model year, so it may have just had one of those thick insulating gaskets, but I really don’t know. Maybe someone here with an original ‘60 can help us? I measured one of those ‘65 era aluminum carb spacers Ford used that I had laying around, it measured .9375” (15/16”), so roughly the same as the 1” your asking about. But again I don’t know if the ‘60 used a similar spacer. So right now the spacer is the wild card.
You could try measuring how much clearance to the hood you have now, assuming you have a stock engine in your car to check. Again assuming you have a stock assembly to check, you could add your 1” spacer in there, and see how that fits. Then figure the Edelbrock Streetmaster raises it 0.875”.
A person could adjust the spacer size of course, or machine down the carb pad of the Steetmaster, but that is liable to negatively effect the performance characteristics of the Streetmaster.
The other possible intake manifold Ford used in the 1960 model year was the aluminum intake of the 352 360hp engine. Again, I don’t know if that used any spacer stock. The measurements of the 352 HP intake are a straight 4.00” front & back, flat across the carb pad. So that intake has the same front measurement of the Streetmaster, but without the higher rear height. But that shows the higher front height should be a safe fit. Again any spacer is a wild card. And the 352 HP used a Holley.
