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On 15 Feb 2005 at 15:40, David Sanderson wrote: > I am converting my engine from a single carb to a dual carb, carbs > thanks to John as well. I had to modify the sheet metal. The opening > around the plugs and carbs is now quite large. I am wondering if > there is a cover plate that I will need. Maybe you should post a photo of the opening. Any significant air leak there is a big problem. That's the pressurized side of things and you need all the cooling air to go thru the head and cylinder fins. Air that just escapes is lost cooling. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~