[Tigers] Intake coolant

[Ron Fraser]

The stock carb spacer with the coolant ports is from the Falcon Sprint.

 

The Falcon Sprint has that nice low profile chrome air cleaner housing.   This eliminated the standard big air cleaner housing with the hot air snorkel which fed warm air to the carb for quick warm up.

 

Without the hot air snorkel system the heat cycle time for the carb to warm up was to slow; thus the heated carb spacer was born to quicken the carb warm up time.

 

The engine cooling system is designed to bring the engine up to operating temp as quickly as possible then maintain that temp around 200 F for drivability and longevity.   Basically the cooling system is containing the heat of combustion so the engine does not melt.  So you are looking at the warm up cycle from ambient temp and the cooling cycle at the same time, just a matter of how you look at it and how you want to express it in words.

 

Thermodynamics can be fickle.

 

Ron Fraser

 

 

 

From: Tigers [mailto:tigers-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Allan Ballard via Tigers
Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2017 8:42 PM
To: Tom Witt <atwittsend at verizon.net>
Cc: tigers at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Intake coolant

 

I believe stock engines also routed coolant through a base plate beneath the carburetor.

 

-Allan Ballard

Mk1a

Series I Alpine




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