<VV> Oil Heated 4 BBL Adapters?

[Jim Burkhard]

I suspect that by the time the oil is hot enough to actually help cold 
drivability, the carb is warm enough that you don't need the heat and 
plumbing hot oil through the manifold only decreases volumetric 
efficiency (hurts performance).

Jim Burkhard


Grant Young wrote:
> Just checking to see if anyone has tried one of the center mounted 4 BBL adapters that are showing up on eBay with a oil passage in them. It doesn't seem to me that this could help anything and might actually hinder it. While I don't think there would be much warmth from the oil flow retained in the metal, I have always been told that the colder the air and mixture to the engine, the better. I also think that the "icing" problems that these things sometimes have is around the tubes and not the adapter. Just wondering, and a private reply is fine if you don't think there is any value in the question.
> Thanks,
> Grant
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