[DeTomaso] More time to plan

[David in Durango]

Electric pumps:  got an inertia switch?  who's gonna turn it off when you 
roll it?
My nickel's worth?  (no change given)  Don't install one until you think out 
the consequences.

David (doesn't burn well)
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Asa Jay Laughton" <asajay at asajay.com>
To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 10:13 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] More time to plan


> Glad to hear you are still alive.  Sorry you had the accident.
>
> I like roller rockers, less friction.  They look really cool, but who
> would know after you put the valve covers on.  If you can get a Crane
> stud kit for the 351C, you can then even run adjustable rockers, though
> you don't really need them on a stock head.
>
> The advantage of an electric fuel pump is that you get gas when you turn
> on the key, versus cranking for a while to fill the fuel bowl (after
> long periods of sitting and evaporation).  I don't know about a return
> line, most electric fuel pumps made for "carbureted" cars are a low
> enough pressure you don't need a return line.
>
> As for the brakes, I have no experience with aftermarket big calipers,
> etc.  (yet)
>
> Asa Jay
>
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>
> & Shelley Marie
> Spokane, WA
>
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> boyd casey wrote:
>> I fell off of my roof while cleaning the leaves out of the gutters on
>> thursday evening. I was trying to get back from the roof to the ladder 
>> when
>> the ladder collapsed. I wound up with a broken Tibea and I an lucky I 
>> didn't
>> break my neck or back. So now all my plans for the next two months need 
>> to
>> be reevaluated and any driving events ai was hoping to attend are 
>> probably
>> going to be misseed. I had hoped to attend at least one of the Pocano 
>> events
>> and either Lime Rock or Watkins Glen or both. I will be lucky to make it 
>> to
>> Fraggle rock and a Glen Cambell revival. Trying to remain the eternal
>> optomist I am lucky not to be dead or crippled with a broken neck or 
>> back.
>> Now I have more time to put into the car.  And on that subject I am 
>> looking
>> for opinions on roller rockers ann the advantages or disadvantages of 
>> going
>> with an electrical fuel pump with a carb. Is there an advantage  over a
>> simple mechanical fuel pump ?   I assume I would  need a fuel regulator 
>> and
>> a return line too.   I have also been thinking about going with oversize
>> brakes to install when I put on bigger wheels  ( either 17 " front and 18 
>> "
>> back or 18" al around) I have read mixed opinions about 6 pistons 
>> calipers
>> vs 4 piston. Any opinions on specefic setups or dos and don'ts woul
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