Hot stuff, carbwise

[Rich Kinsley <rlkinsley@xxxxxxxxx>]

Rich Kinsley '64 Dodge Polara 4dr 318poly w/goodies

With all my mods the car is running very cool on the road. It heats up 
reasonably in slow traffic but under severe conditions it does start to 
get pretty warm. Resuming reasonable speed reduces the temp rapidly. I 
know I still need a shroud and I'm going to look for the smaller fan 
pulley.

However the carb situation still exists in that I am getting vapor lock 
even with all the mods. I have built wood spacers, blocked the heat 
crossover, painted the bottom of the intake manifold, made a heat shield 
for the fuel pump, rerouted the fuel line over the shock tower and 
wrapped aluminum foil around the fuel line with corrugated plastic tube 
over it. Still the carbs are very hot and the fuel block can't hardly be 
touched. Even if the engine temp is cool it can start vapor locking. I 
wonder if the foil transfers engine heat too the fuel line? I guess 
header wrap and an electric fuel pump would be a big help. Any other 
ideas????


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