<VV> Help for Vapor Lock

[Ron]

What's this nonsense about the engine compartment of an FC being hot?  I've 
run my Rampside as well as my sedan in ambient temperatures exceeding 115 
degrees including stops for lunch or at stores and have never had a problem. 
Our Fourth of July parades have been in temperatures over a hundred several 
times in the last few years and running our cars in it we have never had a 
problem.  This is with a stock fuel pump and full shrouds, which I always 
use.  I maintain that if you have problems, it's because something else is 
wrong, so find it and fix it.  I have several electric pumps in a box in the 
garage and have never had any incentive to install one and it looks like I 
never will.  If we have another hot summer, I'll let you know how they run.
RonH


  ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "BBRT" <chsadek at adelphia.net>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>; <GFrenzie at aol.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 8:01 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Help for Vapor Lock


> George,
>
> You might try the later carbs with the vent on the side, which helps the 
> hot start issue.  You want to make sure you have the aluminum main well 
> outer "tube" that has holes in it-where the main circuit tube is - a part 
> of the venturi cluster.  Both these are to help solve the hot start 
> issues.
>
> If they don't work and the engine compartment in an FC is just too hot, 
> yes, you might have to go to an electric fuel pump.
>
> Good Luck
> Chuck S
> ----- Original Message ----- >
>> At 07:42 PM 6/7/2005, GFrenzie at aol.com wrote:
>>>
>>>I have a '61 Rampside 80 hp 3 spd. Stock carbs. Lately, I have been 
>>>having a
>>>vapor lock after I have driven the vehicle a few miles and shut it off. 
>>>When I
>>>go to start it, won't start until after it has been setting for about 1/2
>>>hour or so.
>>>
>>>I have installed spacers between the carbs and manifold, doesn't do 
>>>squat.
>>>Took them off. I have checked the gas lines above the shrouding, no 
>>>problem,
>>>they are at least an inch or so above.
>>>
>>>Has anyone experienced this problem and what did you do to correct it...
>>>
>>>Thanks in advance....George
>>
>>
>>
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