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Originally Posted by vetnat
So, forgive my ignorance, but instead of hot water running through the carb plate, its just hot air? I like this idea, especially the fast heating up part (I'm in Canada). If possible, could you post some pics when you get a chance? Thanks.
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I have a feeling you were asking me about this setup. Not much to take a picture of, Theses are Fenton headers on my 51. They came with a threaded hole in each one of them just for this setup. You can see the rear one in the picture. I simply separated the intake from the exhaust manifold. Where they bolted together on the intake is a small 3-4" area that is indented which was where the original exhaust heated the carb to start with. I simply cut a square thin plate about 1/4" the same size. It seems like (this was 10 years ago) I drilled two holes in it, welded a nut on and screwed a brass fitting into them and each of the headers. Then just simply bend a short piece of tubing from each header to one of the fittings in the plate, it doesn't even matter which one as it just goes in one side and out the other, but keeps the carb warm enough so that it won't freeze up. To me it looks better than tubing running around the motor and you can polish the Cooper if you want to. It helps if you go from the front of the plate to the rear header as it's a short span and easier to bend the Cooper. Also you may want to put the fittings in the plate offset to avoid being in each others way. It's a tight space, but it works well.