Quick carb fuel inlet question.

[Pighead]

Putting a '78 2F into a '69 FJ55...with an early '70s intake manifold and a '71 carb.
'71 carb original fuel inlet points towards valve cover, hard fuel line from fuel pump comes at carb from the front. I would probably mangle hard line if I tried to bend it to come at carb from valve cover side, do not want to resort to rubber fuel line.
Can I just put a banjo on top of fuel inlet, capping the side inlet? Top inlet (or fuel outlet if it had a fuel return, which it does not) is currently capped.

 

[Pin_Head]

I don't know about the '71 carb, but if it is like the later carbs, the banjo bolt will fit into the fuel inlet and visa versa. Do you need one?

 

[sggoat]

If not, just use an elbow-flow is not that high to be impacted by a 90 degree turn.