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| | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,847 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,847 | has anyone removed the butterfly from their heat riser? And if so what happened?
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| | | | | Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 181 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 181 | It takes a lot longer for the engine to warm up in a cold temperature. It also relieves a lot of back pressure present until the butterfly opens fully. Many don't function properly anyway.
Normbc9 | | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,847 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,847 | ya think? It seems the intake would get very hot. Apparently not many people have removed them. I know I wouldn't.
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| | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,841 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,841 | There's no substitute for running the engine the way it was designed. A heat riser routes exhaust gas against the bottom of the intake during warmup to keep the richer mixture provided by the choke vaporized. Once the manifolds heat-soak from a few minutes' run time, the extra heat isn't required so the bimetal spring and the counterweight moves the flap valve and routes the gases straight down the exhaust pipe. Backpressure during warmup shouldn't be a concern, unless somebody is in the habit of running a cold engine wide open. Not smart!
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| | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,847 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,847 | Oh I'm not going to do it. This was part of another discussion, it didn't seem like a good thing to do. But the other party insists many people do it with no ill effects, I believe the intake would get really hot. But I don't know, as I am not going to do it and find out. I ran mine for many years with no spring, (I didn't even know it was supposed to have one), and it ran just fine, a little cold blooded for a few minutes, but other than that...once as an experiment, I jammed it in the heat position, (I didn't know which was which at the time) oh, very bad idea.
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