heat risers

["PaddyCaddy ." <paddycaddy@xxxx>]

In my personal opinion, heat risers were always a stupid idea - unless you 
live in Alaska, Newfoundland, or Finland and drive your car to work every 
morning !

The effect they have on heating up your engine a minute or two earlier is 
not worth the risk to same when they sieze shut and block your exhaust. And 
trust me they are famous for doing just that. If it does, you'll be lucky 
to escape with just a cracked manifold... and you probably will be unaware 
that it had siezed shut until it damages something - Like your exhaust 
valves !

I would include this only for a show car.

I put a grade 8 nut and bolt thru mine once I hammered the butterfly out of 
it on my 1969 Cadillac. My 1970 Cadillac runs - and warms - just fine 
despite never having one of these. 1970 models simply did not have them, 
thankfully..

I trust the same applies to Chryslers.



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