Carb insulator
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Carb insulator
Looking for a carb insulator for 1964 WCFB.
I have a heat issue when the motor gets up to operating temp. Starts hard like the fuel boiled over any know where to buy onw
I have a heat issue when the motor gets up to operating temp. Starts hard like the fuel boiled over any know where to buy onw
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Said he had a WCFB in his first post...
Old carb; usually only found on original setups. You must have a 50's manifold and carb on your '64. You might have to make one. Or, you could put two thick gaskets on the manifold, then make an aluminum heat shield, and another couple of gaskets between shield and carb.
One of the easiest things to try is to insulate the fuel line going to the carb and use non-ethanol fuel in your car. Ethanol has lower boiling point that gasoline, and this is becoming more of a problem since "corn juice" was added.
Old carb; usually only found on original setups. You must have a 50's manifold and carb on your '64. You might have to make one. Or, you could put two thick gaskets on the manifold, then make an aluminum heat shield, and another couple of gaskets between shield and carb.
One of the easiest things to try is to insulate the fuel line going to the carb and use non-ethanol fuel in your car. Ethanol has lower boiling point that gasoline, and this is becoming more of a problem since "corn juice" was added.
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Do you know why it won't fit?
This certainly looks like WCFB to me.....
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Carter-WCFB-...item36199c583e
Jebby
This certainly looks like WCFB to me.....
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Carter-WCFB-...item36199c583e
Jebby
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Insulator
Do you know why it won't fit?
This certainly looks like WCFB to me.....
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Carter-WCFB-...item36199c583e
Jebby
This certainly looks like WCFB to me.....
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Carter-WCFB-...item36199c583e
Jebby
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The best insulation is wood carb spacers I use the 4 hole model. It helps get more signal to the boosters
Don't get me started on how worthless aluminum so called heat shields are.
Don't get me started on how worthless aluminum so called heat shields are.
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Hope you get this annoying problem fixed. Every time I shut off my 68 convert with NOM 454 (with a heat insulator spacer) I just expect the fuel bowls to be bone dry if the car sits for more than 5 minutes.
I made it easier to re-start by adding an electric fuel pump and just turn the key on for 10-15 seconds to pump gas before I engage the starter. Previously I had to crank the motor for 15-20 seconds to allow the mechanical fuel pump to fill up the fuel bowls. A little annoying if people are admiring your car and then it won't start.
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Insulator
Hope you get this annoying problem fixed. Every time I shut off my 68 convert with NOM 454 (with a heat insulator spacer) I just expect the fuel bowls to be bone dry if the car sits for more than 5 minutes.
I made it easier to re-start by adding an electric fuel pump and just turn the key on for 10-15 seconds to pump gas before I engage the starter. Previously I had to crank the motor for 15-20 seconds to allow the mechanical fuel pump to fill up the fuel bowls. A little annoying if people are admiring your car and then it won't start.
I made it easier to re-start by adding an electric fuel pump and just turn the key on for 10-15 seconds to pump gas before I engage the starter. Previously I had to crank the motor for 15-20 seconds to allow the mechanical fuel pump to fill up the fuel bowls. A little annoying if people are admiring your car and then it won't start.
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I don't know where you got your data, but gasoline boils at 181*F. I think that is higher than 173*F.
And when engine operating temps are in that same range, 10*F can make a lot of difference. All the more reason to insulate the fuel line and/or add a return line back to the fuel tank.
I don't know where you got your data, but gasoline boils at 181*F. I think that is higher than 173*F.
And when engine operating temps are in that same range, 10*F can make a lot of difference. All the more reason to insulate the fuel line and/or add a return line back to the fuel tank.
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