[DeTomaso] Solution for fuel sloshing out of rear float bowl

[asajay at asajay.com]

I imagine it could, which means there is a fine line there.

Asa Jay
<wants to go EFI as soon as he can>


Quoting Ken Green <kenn_green at yahoo.com>:

> Can lowering the fuel level in the rear float bowl lean the engine  
> under hard acceleration?
>  
> So glad I went to EFI.
>  
> Ken
>
> From: Asa Jay Laughton <asajay at asajay.com>
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 9:33 AM
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Solution for fuel sloshing out of  rear float bowl
>
> I think they are referring to the kind of acceleration and front end 
> lift you get in Drag Racing applications.  The Pantera on the other 
> hand accelerates pretty flat without a lot of front end lift.
>
> The bigger trouble we run into is hard braking.  With the carb tilted 
> forward, the tendency is for the fuel to dribble out the boosters 
> during hard braking since they sit slightly lower than they should be 
> if the carb was flat.  Dribbling too much fuel into the engine without 
> corresponding throttle openings, can stall the engine.
>
> For this reason, may try to set the rear float a little lower so it 
> doesn't have as much fuel in the bowl when braking.
>
> Quoting klckmac at msn.com:
>
>>
>> Just wondering,
>>
>> According to Moroso below, the idea IS to have the carb tilted 
>> forward, not leveled. If our carbs in the stock Pantera setups are 
>> already tilted forward, why level them, or am I misinterpreting 
>> something here? Is the stock angle in the Pantera too much? By 
>> milling the original intake to level the carb, are we defeating the 
>> purpose of the hard acceleration and front end lift?
>>
>> Ken M.
>> 72L 4443
>>
>>   From Moroso's web page:
>>
>>
>> To keep carburetor float-bowls "level" during acceleration, some 
>> amount of mounted carburetor angle is necessary
>> Moroso's wedge plate tilts the carburetor forward 5° to provide the 
>> optimum angle during quick acceleration and front-end lift
>>
>>
>>
>> Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2012 15:33:51 -0700
>> From: sdlgibson at sbcglobal.net
>> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Solution for fuel sloshing out of  rear float bowl
>> To: will.kooiman at gmail.com; klckmac at msn.com; MikeLDrew at aol.com
>> CC: kenn_green at yahoo.com; detomaso at realbig.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> If you mean an angled carb spacer, Moroso makes one-I have it.  Just 
>>   call one of the performance warehouses and have them look in the 
>> Moroso catalog.  I think I got mine from Summit-it's a 6* angle and 
>> was about $26 iirc.
>>
>> Shaun Gibson
>>
>> --- On Mon, 6/25/12, MikeLDrew at aol.com <MikeLDrew at aol.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> From: MikeLDrew at aol.com <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
>> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Solution for fuel sloshing out of  rear float bowl
>> To: will.kooiman at gmail.com, klckmac at msn.com
>> Cc: kenn_green at yahoo.com, detomaso at realbig.com
>> Date: Monday, June 25, 2012, 4:16 PM
>>
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 6/25/12 14 08 31, will.kooiman at gmail.com writes:
>>
>>
>>> I bought a 2" plastic carburetor spacer and I sanded it until it was flat
>>> - testing it on the engine several times with a level.
>>>
>>> That's the redneck method, but it works.
>>>
>>
>> Or, you can just buy an angled spacer.  Mikael Hass just bought one of
>> those, I think?  From Summit.  I just searched and couldn't find it
>> though--I'm searching with the wrong search terms. :<(
>>
>> Mike
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