Re: 31 standard 8 bucks like crazy driving up hills

Posted by Jim Eubanks On 2010/4/12 19:25:24

29 has a vacuum fuel pump (univac) mounted high on the firewall beside the exhaust manifold. I fabbed a sheetmetal piece to stop direct heat from going over to the univac. Providing your car's mechanical pump is working well, doping the gas may help. With todays gas, one has to be very careful with old diaphrams in mechanical pumps leaking. The gas will disolve them! I put a elec pump under the frame on my 32 Ford v8 to bump the gas up when it starts to vapor lock in heavy slow traffic, usually it only takes a brief period for it to overcome the vapor lock.