Thread: First drive in almost a year ... fuel leak and vapor Lock at 88 degrees outside!
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Old 09-15-2021, 07:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Kenth View Post
You can not plug the tank vent and expect the fuel to flow properly.
Fix the tank ventilation factory style and add an electric fuel pump (Carter P4594) on floor pan above rearend. Remove the mechanical fuel pump and cover the hole with a CBB plate.
Job done. FWIW
I kept the stock mechanical pump, with the Carter pusher 6 ir 8 psi i forget. There is a vapo-lock behavior these days when fully heated up running hot with the electric cooling far off.

You suppose i can remove the pusher pump and still run low 12s?

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