[Tigers] Interesting carburetor Observation

[Jay Laifman]

Cool!  Add a bung and spark plug near the end of the exhaust pipe and we
can be shooting out flames!!!!

On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 6:51 AM, Ron Fraser via Tigers <tigers at autox.team.net
> wrote:

> That seems like a fire waiting to happen.
>
> I would rather have the vapors sucked into the exhaust but there are
> major challenges with that system too.
>
> Ron Fraser
>
> -----Original Message-----
> *From:* michael king [mailto:michael.s.king at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, September 03, 2015 9:38 AM
> *To:* Ron Fraser
> *Cc:* Stu; Tiger Talk List Tiger
> *Subject:* Re: [Tigers] Interesting carburetor Observation
>
> 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-----
>> *From:* Tigers [mailto:tigers-bounces at autox.team.net] *On Behalf Of *Stu
>> via Tigers
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 02, 2015 8:19 PM
>> *To:* Tiger Net
>> *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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