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Old 01-01-2013, 05:04 PM   #24 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by brucepick View Post
As far as some remaining concerns re loss of cooling due to insulation-

Don't those (decorative??) plastic shields over our more modern valve covers limit air cooling of the valve cover?
for the engines that do have them, they're more for acoustic insulation than they are thermal, but they do provide a decent function of it. you could make them even more effective if desired.
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