Re: Hot stuff, carbwise

[Schuyler Wrobel <sky62@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Rich, my father in-law put duel eddies on his chevie, and needed an  
electric fuel pump
so there would be enough fuel to start the car. don't forget to put a  
regulator in too, or your
floats will become sinks. (o:

Schuyler 62 Dodge Dart 440 wagon w/ Poly 318
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FYI - I Do the Decal designs for the Poly head 318 and more! email me  
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On Jul 2, 2009, at 11:01 AM, Rich Kinsley wrote:

> Rich Kinsley '64 Dodge Polara 4dr 318poly w/goodies
>
> With all my mods the car is running very cool on the road. It heats up
> reasonably in slow traffic but under severe conditions it does  
> start to
> get pretty warm. Resuming reasonable speed reduces the temp rapidly. I
> know I still need a shroud and I'm going to look for the smaller fan
> pulley.
>
> However the carb situation still exists in that I am getting vapor  
> lock
> even with all the mods. I have built wood spacers, blocked the heat
> crossover, painted the bottom of the intake manifold, made a heat  
> shield
> for the fuel pump, rerouted the fuel line over the shock tower and
> wrapped aluminum foil around the fuel line with corrugated plastic  
> tube
> over it. Still the carbs are very hot and the fuel block can't  
> hardly be
> touched. Even if the engine temp is cool it can start vapor locking. I
> wonder if the foil transfers engine heat too the fuel line? I guess
> header wrap and an electric fuel pump would be a big help. Any other
> ideas????
>
>
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