Freezing up can mean it is allowing too much fuel to exit, and running poor would confirm this. If the new regulator is running ok I suspect it would be fine to be cool to the touch. I once saw a small AC engine with an Impco regulator that had antifreeze installed in a closed loop hooked into both coolant ports and it did great.
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