Inliners International Forums General Discussion Engines How to heat an intake??

Would this work and how much time/exeperience does it take to put on? intake manifold heat plate

Thanks for your help. Also, do you think that the lack in a heat source on the intake is my throttle hesitation problem?

Has anyone used the heat plate from stovebolt?

It hesitates if you hit the gas to fast. Say for instance if I goose it real good, I hear a lot of air pulling in the carb (i still have the hood off) but have no power and sounds like it could die, then it "catches up" and the engine revs like a beast. The hesistation only lasts maybe a second or two. If I slowly accelerate I get no problems. Does the same thing sitting in neutral or shifting at any speed. I read the article about intake heat and thought it sounded similar. Thanks in advance.
-Nic

It's a single barrel monojet. Looks like the entire carb is new or rebuilt, but I've been known to be wrong. I have no idea about the accel. pump. What exactly is that? And how to check.

Dear Nic;

Lack of heat is not the cause unless you in a frezing temp area & It's winter. There, they are a necisity.

Walt's probably right check the acel pump or for a vacume leak.

Good luck, John M..

Will try to check all that over the weekend. Thanks guys.

Checked that when I got home. The amount coming out looked like a pretty good squirt to me. Same amount, until bowl ran empty.
Spark plugs were gapped at .035, changed that to .045.
Noticed a slight difference in the hesitation, maybe from the spark gap. Hesitation is still there though. I think I may just learn to live with it. Dad says I got a lead foot anyway!
-Nic

Try advancing your timing and see if that cures the hesitation. You can advance it until you get a slight ping under load or until it just kicks back against the starter when starting then back off the advance a couple of degrees.

Won't hurt to try. Thanks B.E.

Walt,
Have not tried the vac gauge yet. I do plan to however.
-Nic