wood carb spacers
#4
I have heard they work fine and are actually very good at insulating the carb from the manifold.
Would I sport one? IDK, I think I would so long as it wasn't left in natural finish.
It would bug me if I ever got asked why I have wood parts on my engine.. and "did all cars built in the 60s have wooden engine parts??
FWIW, if I had already bought a wood spacer I would try it for sure. (but I would paint it).
Would I sport one? IDK, I think I would so long as it wasn't left in natural finish.
It would bug me if I ever got asked why I have wood parts on my engine.. and "did all cars built in the 60s have wooden engine parts??
FWIW, if I had already bought a wood spacer I would try it for sure. (but I would paint it).
Last edited by JMD; 04-05-2012 at 08:56 PM.
#5
I have an aluminum one. I put on a spacer to keep heat off of my carb. The wood one probably would do a better job and keeping heat from the manifold to the carb. My carb still gets kinda warm and it bugs me.
#8
musnicki: aluminum is about the worst you could possibly do to keep heat away from the carburetor. metal has a very high heat conductivity.
If you need to keep heat away get a phenolic spacer!
I have that one with open gasket at bottom and square bore gasket on top
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/EDL-8711/
obviously make sure the shape matches your carb and intake.
as for wood spacers, as long as they make phenolic ones, I don't see the point.
They won't soak up with petrol and water like wood would.
I think would will work, but for longetivity they are probably crap.
they would soak water and first winter they'd crack. you'd be chasing vacuum leaks forever. I think they were the cheap mans spacer when you could just make another one next week ...
If you need to keep heat away get a phenolic spacer!
I have that one with open gasket at bottom and square bore gasket on top
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/EDL-8711/
obviously make sure the shape matches your carb and intake.
as for wood spacers, as long as they make phenolic ones, I don't see the point.
They won't soak up with petrol and water like wood would.
I think would will work, but for longetivity they are probably crap.
they would soak water and first winter they'd crack. you'd be chasing vacuum leaks forever. I think they were the cheap mans spacer when you could just make another one next week ...
#10
I had a fiber/composite spacer, which is what I suspect you have rather than a piece of wood. It worked well for insulation, but eventually compressed and warped and I ditched it for a phenolic spacer.