We useta do that back in The Olden Days (60 years ago!)
@boo and I talked it over a little bit before he came in. He has (had) no idea how respected and popular he was.
You Know, I have never sat in one of the new generation Z cars, but I did own an old I think '74 260 Z. it was only made one year. Inside, I had way more room than my roommate at the times late 80's firebird. Way more headroom as well. Too bad they are rust buckets. another friend at the time had a "72 240Z he did the Scarab conversion on...small block chevy transplant. Power shifts not recommended! But incredibly fast, and the engine ended up about center so it even handled very well. Again, its foundation is a rust bucket. Maybe if it was sourced from an easy life out west?
vibrations, ya can't hear 'em like you can feel them...slow gettin the blood flowing this morning, still feelin the day on the river...this is the baddest camaro I have ever built for the street, had a 68 that dyno'd at 1k hp at the rear wheels, total insanity...needed wheelie bars when I used the tbrake...this video which I can't seem to load is my silver surfer, I'm prone to race this car on the street...
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That reminded me. When I first got mine, there was a line of clothes pins clamped along the fuel line. I removed them wondering W-T-F. Began having vapor lock. Put the back on, didn't have another problem...I have no idea why.
I bet the Carburetor had a leaky float pin and the fuel was coming in at a higher pressure, the clothe pins acted as shunt to slow the fuel flow down.
It had metal fuel line...Only thing I can think of is maybe they worked like fins that cooled it slightly. Your idea makes more sense, wood isn't really a good material for heat bleeding off.
