Losing Fuel

I thought about that too.
So I added a thick thermal spacer between the carb and manifold - made no difference at all.
BTW the heat runner in my intake has been block off since I built this engine 3 years ago
A carb spacer will help with fuel percolation and vapor lock when the engine is running. So does a fuel return system. A hot soak condition happens regardless of your spacer. When you shut the engine off, the engine heat can vaporize the gas pretty quickly depending how hot the engine is and how fast it cools off.