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Fuel heater
Fuel heater
Today I am actually going to install the right Weber carb for my vehicle. I want to build a fuel heater into my fuel line, and also install an inline fuel pressure regulator. Should the regulator go into the fuel line before or after the fuel is heated? Also what do you use, or how does one bend the copper tubing to go around the top hose? Thanks
How does one bend copper tubing? VERY... VERY... Carefully. And around the rad tubing or a object the same relative size, then you disconnect the rad hose and slide it over the end.
I'd say after personally. That actually brings up something. If our pumps push 7PSI and the Weber wants 3-4, then a regulator to 3 or 4 would maintain backpressure on the heated area, thus raising the gas' boiling point and thereby aiding in the prevention of vapor-lock. The more area under pressure in a fuel system, the more resistant it is to vapor-lock. Older cars (like ours) with block-mounted pumps tend to vaporlock a lot in the dead heat because the fuel is under vacuum, thereby lowering its boiling point and increasing the amount of vapor. Best solution to vaporlock is either an in-tank fuelpump or a pump within a foot or 2 of the tank. I get vaporlock in the summer. It sucks to have to get bucked around then wait on the side of the road for a minute or 2.
I'd recommend you figure in a dual-feed system in which pressure (fuel) is applied through both the heated and a standard route, thus aiding in the prevention of dieseling and vaporlock. Or a servo-activated switcher between hot and cold so you can run cold for the last 2-5 minutes of running to prevent dieseling and start-up vaporlock.
Man... You must've dug deep to find that writeup
I'd say after personally. That actually brings up something. If our pumps push 7PSI and the Weber wants 3-4, then a regulator to 3 or 4 would maintain backpressure on the heated area, thus raising the gas' boiling point and thereby aiding in the prevention of vapor-lock. The more area under pressure in a fuel system, the more resistant it is to vapor-lock. Older cars (like ours) with block-mounted pumps tend to vaporlock a lot in the dead heat because the fuel is under vacuum, thereby lowering its boiling point and increasing the amount of vapor. Best solution to vaporlock is either an in-tank fuelpump or a pump within a foot or 2 of the tank. I get vaporlock in the summer. It sucks to have to get bucked around then wait on the side of the road for a minute or 2.
I'd recommend you figure in a dual-feed system in which pressure (fuel) is applied through both the heated and a standard route, thus aiding in the prevention of dieseling and vaporlock. Or a servo-activated switcher between hot and cold so you can run cold for the last 2-5 minutes of running to prevent dieseling and start-up vaporlock.
Man... You must've dug deep to find that writeup
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RIP 04-05- 1986 Toyota Tercel SR5 4wd Wagen 6 speed
1st Terc- 1987 Tercel SR5 4wd Wagon 6-speed, Sadly cubed
1985 Tercel Standard 4wd Wagon w/ 3-speed auto, Living a happy life in Boulder last I knew
RIP 04-05- 1986 Toyota Tercel SR5 4wd Wagen 6 speed
1st Terc- 1987 Tercel SR5 4wd Wagon 6-speed, Sadly cubed
1985 Tercel Standard 4wd Wagon w/ 3-speed auto, Living a happy life in Boulder last I knew
I can't say that I'd recommend the fuel heat with a carb...espec a new Weber.
Victoria-British catalog sells a good adjustable press reg for not too much. Set your float level LOW and dial that pressure down?
As far as mpg....I've been testing a free Condensator in my Tercel and the first tank with it got 38.8 mpg. Hard to beleive, but I'll do a writeup on it after I see another tank in the same range. Base line mpg has been 30-33 mpg in the summer up till now.
Victoria-British catalog sells a good adjustable press reg for not too much. Set your float level LOW and dial that pressure down?
As far as mpg....I've been testing a free Condensator in my Tercel and the first tank with it got 38.8 mpg. Hard to beleive, but I'll do a writeup on it after I see another tank in the same range. Base line mpg has been 30-33 mpg in the summer up till now.
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