PRO-SYSTEMS
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| | 02/14/12 at 10:00 AM | Reply with quote | #1 |
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The best thing you can do for your carburetor is to get the alcohol/E85 out of it everytime you park it. If an alcohol carb sits over night its gonna corrode. E85..not so much. But here is my regimine for my electric pump/vacuum regulator system:
I drive my car into the trailer and then shut the pump off and let the engine IDLE until it runs out of fuel.
Idling it allows it to draw more evenly from both bowls so they run out almost simultaneously. I pump it as it quits to really drain it out, BUT that gets tricky and can cause a backfire...so you may not want to do that...but I have it down.
The engine is now off and out of fuel.
Hop out of the carb...open the throttle and spray the shafts with anti rust
Then I use a gatorade type bottle with a twist top and squirt some gasoline down the vent tubes so the bowls are about 1/3 full of gasoline.
Pump the throtttle twice and fire the engine for 2 seconds.
Now the carb is flushed.
Always hang your regulator so it drains back and check with your fuel pump manufacturer to see if its OK to allow alcohol/E85 to set in the pump.
Now when you go to start the engine next time it already has gasoline in the bowls for a quick prime and the moment it fires turn on your fuel pump and away you go.
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andredragracing
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| | 02/14/12 at 11:45 AM | Reply with quote | #2 |
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| Tks for the info!!! That will help us out a lot!!! |
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andredragracing
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| | 02/16/12 at 07:43 PM | Reply with quote | #3 |
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| Is alco.corrosive to copper fuel line?is it ok to run this type of line? |
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PRO-SYSTEMS
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| | 02/16/12 at 08:10 PM | Reply with quote | #4 |
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I dont know of anyone personally using copper lines with alcohol. So you can research it like most folks do BUT FIRST:
I would check the legality of it for racing use before I used it in a performance application. As typically they are illegal. See rule # 3 from a typical rulebook at a racetrack.
1. Racing type lap belt anchored to frame/chassis of car, not to any sheet metal
2. Minimum of two return springs on throttle linkage with at least one at
carburetor
3. NO copper lines carrying fluids except for water
4. Good tires with no worn spots or cracks on tread surface
5. Brakes in good working order - must have at least rear wheel brakes, both
wheels - unless equipped with inboard disc brakes
6. Fuel shut off valve and ignition/kill switch plainly marked
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andredragracing
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| | 02/16/12 at 09:07 PM | Reply with quote | #5 |
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| Tks Ill ck it out closer!! They were run the car for 5 years before I bought it. Tks |
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