RE: How warm to the touch does your cowl get?
The heat in the spinner and on the top of the cowl are normal. I would however put some baffling in the cowling, in particlular from the bottom lip of the front of the cowl to the bottom edge of the engine cylinders. Some light ply or balsa held in place with "Household Goop' glue is a very quick and simple way of accomplishing this.