Sold my Lotus 7 rep to pay for an ATPL course, gutting in many respects but worth it in the end. Had a 2.0 l Ford Pinto engine with twin Weber 45s. Anyhow, hot water from the head was routed through the inlet manifold on this particular type. I guess you don't see this on aero engines as they are mostly of the air cooled variety.

Hi Matelot,,,yes but once a biker always a biker,,,,,, even bought a DiBlasi to put in the planes 'boot', have a look at the bike on their web site, folding moped,,, great fun (after the Gilera carb has had a drill wacked through it).

No relplies to my request for info on 'La Coruna',,,went on line to IBERIA, £685 return from London,,,next nearest large airport is Santiago La Composta,,,nice name, even this is £675,sent an email to Iberia asking if they really meant Santiago Chile!.

Looks like paying full LUFC travel club fares
or flying down in the AA5A,,,,?.

Aint told the wife yet, 50 yrs of age and still as mad as ever!.

Smallfish,

Interestingly enough your water heated manifold wasn't designed to prevent carb ice but to ensure better fuel droplet vapourisation in the inlet manifolds after it had left the carbs!

If ice is going to form it will do so where the depression is; in other words in the carb venturi. To prevent this, most older vehicles had a flap with a "winter" setting that caused the carb to draw air from around a shield around the exhaust manifold (just like aircraft). Some car engines produce noticeably less power when this is selected. I drove a 4wd in NZ that wouldn't pull the skin off a rice pudding with hot air selected in winter. Fortunately I never suffered carb ice with it at cold.

Think this is what Genghis was talking about
www.skydrive.co.uk/sd_ch.htm