Originally Posted by
Jesse Open
In the past I had often used a over sized refective heat shield. Made from thin aluminum pie plate material and installed between the carb and insulator block.Form as needed to block out carb from heat radiated from the engine. They can do an excellent job at keeping radiated heat away from the carb body.
BTW, The carb mounting screws should also have heat insulation measures at ALL contact points. Don't underestimate the heat transfer that takes place
Thanks Jesse, this is good info.
I’m gonna see how my cowl vent works before I do anything drastic
Yes, I put the rascal on the bench today so I could move the ignition box a good half inch above the cowl cooling air exit. Now my little cooling hole will actually Do something!
Here she was yesterday- flying to the moon.