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Re: Preheated Gasoline?

To: birdman@myrealbox.com, datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Preheated Gasoline?
From: SPL311RDST@aol.com
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 10:11:31 EST
In a message dated 3/28/02 9:39:55 PM US Mountain Standard Time, 
birdman@myrealbox.com writes:


> A) Is there enough heat emitted from the resonator to cause me to worry.  
> And B)  Does preheating the gas give me any extra benefits?  :)

1 - beating up the gas tank could loosen years of crud, and I've heard of 
more than one roadster owner w/ "crud" problems (me included!)   Better to 
get that fixed eventually. In the long term, if it's really bad, it may wear 
the tank itself ( I doubt that would happen tho')

2 - No  actually cool air & cool gas are the prescription for better 
combustion - ever see the  "cool cans" on hot rods ? Thats why.   BUT - I 
don't think your resonator is gonna heat up the gas that bad - most of the 
heat gets dissappated on the way out the pipe, and two.... hello... you live 
in the worl'd largest convection oven. That gas is gonna warm no matter what. 
  I spose that a constant temp is gonna be better than a fluctuating one. 

In other words.... you're gonna wanna fix that, but you'll be OK for now. 

Laurie :-)
70 SPL311
AzROC
Chandler, AZ

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