Re: Carburetor Heat Shield

Posted by HH56 On 2020/9/4 8:37:55

There was a somewhat small shield on some models with the 356 engine which mostly just fit the area of the carb . There was nothing other than the fuel pump shield listed for most other size engines. If you wanted to try one you could probably make something similar adapting it to the bolt spacing of your carb. It might help a little but since the filters were optional and just outside the shield area I don't think it will provide much protection for the fuel sitting in the filter bowl. A more likely reason for the bubbling could be that todays gasoline is more volatile than the gas of the era so it will "boil" easily. It does seem a more frequent issue and I remember one photo of an engine where someone had built a shield that covered almost the entire manifold.

Here is a link to an earlier thread with photos and dimensions of the 356 carb shield.https://packardinfo.com/xoops/html/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?post_id=139744#forumpost139744