67 vapor lock?
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67 vapor lock?



At 06:55 AM 7/7/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>Funny, my '67 idles fine when cold but barely idles
>when hot.  My working theory is the carb is getting
>hot, and the gasoline is evaporating out of the float
>bowls.

Usually, vapor lock occurs only when you turn off your car.  It sounds like 
a super severe case Mike.  Try to add a thin plastic spacer between your 
carb and the manifold.  This should act as an insulator.  If no 
improvement, your problem is somewhere else.  How about that heat riser valve?

D^2




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