[Fot] spitfire woes

[Bill Babcock]

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 at autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces at 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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Bill Babcock
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