Oooh. That's nasty. I bet that drove him nutz. I had an overtemp
problem with Peyote for awhile that turned out to be the intake hose
sucking flat.
On Jul 10, 2008, at 10:47 AM, Norlin Engineering wrote:
> Take a look at the inside of the fuel hoses. Sounds similar to a
> problem a
> friend had years ago. A small flap was cut on the inside of one of
> the
> hoses and when the fuel flow got to a certain point, the flap closed
> just
> like a check valve.
>
> Jim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fot-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces@autox.team.net]
> On
> Behalf Of dale oesterle
> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 6:41 AM
> To: fot
> Subject: [Fot] spitfire woes
>
>
> Folks: My 1296 pulls easily to 7000 rpm, slowing 90 hp on the
> chassis dyno
> and Fuel/Air at 13.0. At 7,000 I abruptly lose 20 hp and the fuel/
> air goes
> to 17. I get the same affect on 1 1/2 and 1 1/4 SUs. Any ideas? Dale
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