The only drawback is all the unpacking you'd have to do to check for
doneness!

On our '57 Chevy with straight six the non-cross-flow manifold made a great
'cooktop'.

On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 2:22 PM, Tom Buese <tombuese@comcast.net> wrote:

> On Jul 16, 2008, at 3:10 PM, Ken Lewis wrote:
>
>  The reason I have always heard to wrap the exhaust pipes is to keep
>> the
>> exhaust gas from cooling off and hence, expanding.  Expansion
>> causes the
>> flow to slow down and hinders combustion chamber scavange. Since
>> our headers
>> aren't designed with scavange in mind I doubt it would help much.
>>
>> As an added benifit it really does reduce engine compartment
>> temperatures.
>> Which makes it hard to cook lunch: http://tinyurl.com/yluzag
>>
>
> A classic book!  Wonder how the recipes work on a wasserleaker or AC
> engine.
>
> Pax,
>
> Mr. BZ-can you say tinfoil dinners to go?
>
>  Bon Appetit
>> Ken Lewis
>> http://neksiwel.20m.com/
>>
>

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Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
Crescent Beach, BC
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