Bill -
Heat transfer-wise, distance makes a difference. Also thermal
conductivity. Thinner will work, but the stabilized temperature of the
carbs will be higher. Or you can make thinner ones from a better insulator
such as teflon plate. With no insulator installed, you could boil the fuel
leading to vapor lock. My old ('38) Chev used to do this all the time when
I drove to the mountains (lower pressure resulting in lowered boiling point).
Clay L.
'67 Sprite
At 09:46 AM 10/28/01 -0500, Bill Gilroy wrote:
>Hello DLancer7676,
>
>Sunday, October 28, 2001, 7:53:46 AM, you wrote:
>
>Dcc> In a message dated 10/27/2001 11:29:27 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>Dcc> w.gilroy@verizon.net writes:
>
>
> >> I assume that the blocks are to insulate the carbs from the heat of
> >> the intake manifold.
>
>Dcc> INteresting. Could they be shaved down to about half thickness and
>still
>Dcc> provide proper insulation? Or is the distance thing a factor as well?
>
>This is an interesting question. Are the blocks for there for heat
>reasons, and if so what happens as you reduce the thickness? I will
>leave this for a list who knows as I stated in my original post I
>assume, and we know what that means.
>
>--
>Best regards,
> Bill mailto:w.gilroy@verizon.net
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