ArVeeNiner
Well Known Member
I'm finalizing my exhaust but the left side gets within 1/4" or so of the fuel line. I've ordered the Van's heat sheild but even with that in place, is this too close? Any ideas?
Kelly,... If I remember correctly, either it wants to be mounted horizontal and the carb inlet wants the line coming in horizontally or with a slight downwards slope. I have to check my paperwork when I get home. Does this sound correct?
Thanks again.
Kelly,
The others will probably add something to this but what you don't want is your fuel lines to have any "pouches" in them. By that, I'm saying the fuel lines should be heading down hill all the time so there is no place to accumulate water or sediment.
One exception to that, the lines may run up hill from the gascolator and then down to the carb. Any water/sdiment left in the line will run back to the gascolater, just make sure you don't go too high. In my case, the line runs out of the gascolater, up to the fuel flow meter, down to the fuel pump, and then down to carb.
Ditto for me. I tried my best to get two inches between the fuel line and the exhaust and even then I added some heatshields clamped to the exhaust to protect the fuel line.
Remember, things move around a good bit in there. Some of it because of engine vibration and some because of the volumn and speed of the cooling air.
Fuel line gap (Before installing heat shields):
That line is from a local NACAR race shop, I'm not really sure what it is but it is impervious to oil. There is no label on it, so I can't give you any details.Okay, this is a little off topic but I noticed a couple of things in your pix. First, what kind of blue tubing are you using for the breather line
ExactlyI noticed a hole drilled in the aluminum breather line. Would this be for freezing protection?
I'm finalizing my exhaust but the left side gets within 1/4" or so of the fuel line. I've ordered the Van's heat sheild but even with that in place, is this too close? Any ideas?