I'm working on a 4 star 40 onto which I'm building a cowl. It would be of benefit to this effort to move the needle valve from its current position (about 2" from the carb on an OS .46LA) to a position in the fuselage that might be as much as 8" from the carb. What is the effect of this? The benefit would be solely in sanding the cowl to shape and reducing the opening equired in its side for engine insertion.

TL
Athens, GA