I used a Baker's Secret insulated cookie sheet. The smaller one fits
perfectly between the cardboard valences and the block, sitting just over
the exhaust manifold.
At 10:59 PM 01/03/2000 -0500, Patrick Bowen wrote:
>I have been told that insulated cookie sheets (the type with the air pocket)
>work well. cut and fit to size.
>
>Patrick Bowen
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Terry L. Thompson <tlt@digex.net>
>To: <spitfires@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2000 9:26 PM
>Subject: Vapor Lock
>
>
> >
> > With the addition of a header next month and a set of dual HIF4's (which
> > are overly susceptible to overheating of the bimetal element in the float
> > bowl), I'm trying to think ahead and plan for overheating problems this
> > spring.
> >
> > Short of ordering the item from Rimmer bros. in England, does anyone have
>a
> > source or a shadetree-mechanic replacement for the "Heat Shield" that
> > deflects heat from the header away from the carb float bowls?
> >
> > Any other ideas on how to reduce vapor-lock?
> >
> > Any suggestions, as always, are greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Terry L. Thompson
> > '76 Spit 1500
> > Maryland
Mark Milotay, Principal
On the Mark Software & Consulting
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