heat shield for my slant six!! HELP

DaisyDart said
Hey everyone,
My 225 slant six is becoming a pain in my A**.... I have the classic heat soak no hot start issue its driving me nuts. I am doing the fuel mod, return vap line, im just missing the heat shield. But that's where my problem is. I cannot find a 1920 holley carb heat shield.
I know people have made one out of aluminium, I'm not that good with fabricating anything of the sort so im really wanting to find one i can buy.
I found this one... http://ezcool.ca/home/shop/ford-1-barrel-shield/
but I don't know if it would fit on the holley,
Does anyone happen to know if it would fit the 1920 or if they know where i can find one that WILL actually fit!
Thanks!!

I have not seen any pre-made ones.
I would buy a normal carb gasket,flat piece of aluminum .090 or a bit thicker like .125 (1/8") for extra heat removal or you could get an epoxy( phenolic) resin board that stops the transfer of most of the heat to the carb, my bet would be on the aluminum as a heat sink but it's your car. Then take a piece of cardboard(any type but thinner like shirt cardboard or poster board is better, usually 4 or more pieces since you ARE gonna oops a couple times :D and you need to shield all the way around of the carb)
remove air cleaner in /6 cut the posterboard so that it touches the gasket area (i cheated by pre-cutting it using the new gasket)of the carb and does not hit any parts such as hoses,linkage or choke system rods cut lightly in areas if you need to make a bend to clear anything. next take 2nd piece of cardboard and lay the first cut piece on it,place new carb gasket onto full uncut sheet next to the cut piece if cardboard mark for bends with dotted line if you need to. done with that? tape it all together and find a machinist who can make your pattern. it'll be a bit more expensive than buying a ready made one, but I have not been able to find one anywhere.

You don't need to fab it just imagine it and test with cardboard,tape and a little bit of thinking.

(BTW it does not have to be HUGE but I'd go with at least 3 inches past the outline of the carb for airflow and heat dissipation and clearance for the throttle linkage,choke ect.)