[FC] Interesting Development - Brake MC

[Clark Hartzel]

The baffle just directs cold air from the air intakes to the rear of the
engine compartment where it mixes with the heated air from the holes in the
rear sheetmetal shrouds.  I never liked the fact that the heat on the right
side dumps right on the coil but I guess it doesn't hurt it.  In hot weather
I would bend the flaps down to shut off the hot air which helps prevent
vapor lock.  Then I learned to install an electric fuel pump under the floor
by the the tank to prevent vapor lock.
Clark Hartzel

-----Original Message-----
From: corvanatics-admin@corvair.org
[mailto:corvanatics-admin@corvair.org]On Behalf Of Ben Stiles
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 10:23 AM
To: corvanatics@corvair.org
Subject: Re: [FC] Interesting Development - Brake MC


Yes, they did.  I had similar problems with my Greenbrier several years ago.
I only had a baffle on the right side of the engine compartment.  Guess
which carb was icing?  I found that the baffles are all the same, just
flipped around for left and right side.  I, too, have had no problems with
carb icing since I installed the left one.

Ben Stiles





> Yep.  When I was driving the Rampside 30 miles to school everyday, I often
> got carb icing.  In 1995, I took a Rampside apart for parts that still had
> the baffles installed.  I ask everyone I knew if they had a clue of what
> they did.  The best guess I heard was to keep water out of the engine
> compartment.  Being a "try it and see what happens", type guy I put them
> in.  Even with with no engine heat from the left side (two oil coolers), I
> have not had a carb icing problem since.  I guess the GM engineers new
what
> they were doing.
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