[Tigers] Interesting carburetor Observation

[michael king]

Early alpines have an overflow pipe that drops the fuel leftover in the
manifold onto the headers to vaporise off.... I kid you not!!!
On 3 Sep 2015 23:34, "Ron Fraser via Tigers" <tigers at autox.team.net> wrote:

> Stu
>     This is an interesting idea that needs some careful thought and
> investigation but I see a problem with where do you safely vent the fuel
> vapors and fuel.
>
> The best place would be back to the fuel tanks but I don't think there is
> enough pressure to do that correctly.
>
> A charcoal canister might work but I'm not sure it can take more than fuel
> vapors plus it has to be vented properly to recycle the vapors.
>
> The best solution would be TBI which does have the correct system for fuel
> return to the tanks.
>
> Ron Fraser
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 02, 2015 8:19 PM
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> *Subject:* [Tigers] Interesting carburetor Observation
>
> As I cruised around a few web sites to scare up a rebuild kit for my stock
> two barrel, I came across some interesting pictures.   The stock 2 barrel
> carb is from the "2100" family.  The slightly later but related 2150 family
> has a significant difference.
>
> I'm suspecting that for one reason or another, fuel came out of the vent
> on the top of the fuel bowl, boiling, leaky valve, or whatever, and this is
> what fueled my recent fire.  The 2150, instead of just having an open vent
> hole, has a little fitting that was apparently designed to accept a hose,
> perhaps to drain any overflow to a safe location.
>
> So I'm looking for an extremely low profile right angle fitting...  I'm
> thinking aquarium hose size...  That will fit under the stock air cleaner...
>
> Any other ideas out there?
>
> Stu
>
>
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