HUSKER-Z

Hey guys!

Just curious about fuel filters. Rebuilt the top end, and with the edelbrock carb, need an external fuel filter. Has anyone used a clear one, this sounds really awesome, just wondering what you guys have used w/ aftermarket carbs. 350 L-48

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Mike Ward

What, do you think the gas wants a last minute look at the world before it meets it's ultimate end?

See through filters are pure Bubba and usually a safety hazard too.

yellow 72

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HUSKER-Z

HUSKER-Z

what part do you suggest in alternative?

Roughrider

You should always use metal lines between a fuel pump and the carburetor...no rubber, glass or plastic. Use a solid filter that has threaded connectors. There's a number of brands that are good.

While you may never have a problem with using rubber, clamps and an inexpensive filter, it's not a professional installation and is far more likely to develop problems.

yellow 72

http://store.summitracing.com/egnsea...alse&N=700+115

Take your pick

stingr69

The rubber o-rings in the end caps can dry up and fail especialy if you do not run the car much. Then the filter will leak gas and potentialy burn your car to the ground. I cought mine leaking all over the floor before I left the shop when it was in for a show car paint job . It could have been a freakin' tragedy. Thank god I stopped as I was backing out to check what that puddle on the garage floor was all about.

I don't have a problem with the plastic ones that are sealed up and non-serviceable but those glass ones with removable ends are nothing but time bombs.

-Mark.

chris75stingray

i had a plastic one start to leak on me right over the exhaust. i now have braided a.n lines with a metal filter.

400hp427vette

This fuel filter from summit never leaked once in the five years I owned the 77 it was on.

Sayfoo

I used one for a short time after I got my car running after a 17 yr stint in someone's yard just to see how much crud was coming through the lines. But once the big chunks stopped coming through, I changed to a metal filter.

birdsmith

The glass filters also don't make very good....filters. It takes very little sediment to clog them. If you're gonna use an in-line filter a metal canister type is the way to go. No, they're not pretty, but they have greater capacity than those cheesy little glass ones, can't shatter and set your car on fire, and won't melt like the plastic ones.

Go-Gone

Had one of those come apart on the interstae at 70 MPH years ago. Son and I were drivng the vette back from a soccer game and started smelling gas. Pulled over and gas was spraying everywhere under the hood. Don't have a clue how it didn't catch on fire. Have never used on since.

gyopp

I consider myself very lucky as I recently installed a fuel pressure gauge on my fuel rail. It was a Holley guage, oil filled, that I gave about 50 bucks for so it should have been a good one. After being on the car 2 weeks I was driving along and smelled gas. When I pulled over to investigate I had gas all over everything, steaming as it dripped off the hood onto the headers, and all over my distributor, plug wires, etc. Gas was puddled up in the intake manifold as deep as it would hold. I don't know why the car didn't go up like a torch.
The point is choose your fuel line components carefully, you may not be as lucky as I was. No glass fuel filters, no rubber lines, and now no fuel pressure gauges.

Bullcrappy1

The reason your cars did not catch fire is cause gas flash point is like 500 degrees F...

Now if a spark, short something like that it could have went up...

still those filters are a unneeded risk and and add nothing a real filter woulnd't.

r

hugie82

I have used that filter before Huskergto. It is a possible hazzard if you break the glass but I had mine for 8 years and sold it with the car. The glass is thick and it won't break unless you hit it or mount it against something hard. The chrome plating will go before the filter

red topless gator

WOW! Your only asbout 550 degrees off. Flash Point of Gasoline is -45degrees F, maybe Fire Point, but I still think thats high.....LT

gyopp

still, no point testing Murphies law with lots of good alternatives out there. I used an anodized aluminum filter at the tank that takes a paper cartridge. This filter will catch very fine particles, water, etc before it gets to the pump and eliminates extra joints and fittings on the positive pressure side of the pump thus keeping Murphies oportunities to a minimum.

Bullcrappy1

lol, you get the point (I hope) that is will ignite at about 500 degrees F...

regardless they are not worth the risk and add nothing but bling. reg canaster type inline and one at carb is plenty. and safe.

r

bashcraft

The auto ignition point is 475f, which I'm sure is what he meant.