All Small Six Keeping the carb cool

[Bill1958]

Was just out looking at the engine compartment and if I get rid of the voltage regulator, there is a ton of room on the drivers side to run a pipe right up to the radiator support to run a 4" or larger pipe for cold air. I could also run the pipe down the side to below the engine compartment and have a dustpan shaped scoop under the car to pull cold air. I could box the top of the carb and keep the open element filter too.

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That's what I was going to suggest to try...kind of a ram air from the front grill. I didn't think of under the car...if you use both it would probably create some turbulence where they meet which could be good or bad(?) If you could get the air to twist...spin as it passes thru the tube like a vortex that might have some positive effects.

 

[motopsycha]

My experience - I added a wood spacer below my stock autolite 1100 carb and added a heat shield made from a license plate that fits around the water cooled spacer and shields the carb and fuel line from the radiant heat off the exhaust manifold. The results have been great. I've commuted on some 95+ degree days with no issues, even when sitting in traffic.