Re: Fuel filter location ?

["Gary H." <spigot2039@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

What you describe sounds like what is shown in this picture as factory:
http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/1962-1964-dodge-polara-500-57-3.jpg

Max Wedge motors had a gas filter above the valve cover:
http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh233/skfury440/0051_3.jpg

But you could route it like the 413:
http://www.allpar.com/photos/bios/weertman/1963-413-V8.jpg

I'd only use a metal gas filter not plastic kind above the engine, fwiw. 

Thanks,
Gary H.

 

-----Original Message-----
 
>On a 1963 Polara 500 with a 383 and a 4 barrel, where would the proper
>location for the fuel filter be?  The original two barrel had it in
>between the fuel pump and carb up top above the valve covers, which is
>where I kept it when I added the 4 barrel.  A friend who's a good
>mechanic and a drag racer from back in the day says it seems like a
>bad spot and could get hot and percolate or vapor lock.  I looked in
>the service manual and parts book, and neither show a 383 4 barrel
>combination.  Where I have it is up above the valve cover about 3
>inches away and about 6 inches from the exhaust manifold.
>
>As always, thanks.
>
>- Jim
>Jim Altemose, Long Island, NY
>'63 Polara 500 (Max Wedge)
>'63 Polara 500 (383)
>'65 Belvedere I (Street Wedge)
>'71 Bronco
>
> 


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