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Subject: Re: [Fot] Float needle valves
From: rek46 via Fot <fot@autox.team.net>
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2021 16:37:52 +0000 (UTC)
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NO GROSSS JETS...lousy and not for competition....Use GOOD/New old style fl=
oats....you need positive open and close.....heres a tip..check your float =
direction for best perf....meaning , are you having brake to accel. probs o=
n heavy brake corners?=C2=A0 You prob have each float facing toward center.=
..not best....Solved by making both floats face same direction(frt. or back=
)....rick=C2=A0In a message dated 3/17/2021 12:04:02 PM Eastern Standard Ti=
me, fot@autox.team.net writes:=C2=A0
Thanks, Erik and Joe;Good to know.I=E2=80=99ve had Gross Jets hang open wit=
h some royal flooding. Won=E2=80=99t use those again!Phil

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On Mar 17, 2021, at 11:19 AM, Erik Jacobsen <kekjacobsen@yahoo.com> wrote:



=C2=A0Phil,I use the plain old solid needles in both street and race cars a=
nd haven't had any issues. They do wear out eventually, but after 7 years i=
n the race car, I still haven't had a problem.=C2=A0Jake=C2=A0On Wednesday,=
 March 17, 2021, 10:13:30 AM CDT, Joe Boruch via Fot <fot@autox.team.net> w=
rote:=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0Phil, years ago I stopped using Gross Jets, which ha=
ve the spring loaded ball on the end of the float needle.=C2=A0 I suspected=
 some flow issues and others had said that they had issues.=C2=A0 JoeB=C2=
=A0On Wednesday, March 17, 2021, 08:16:11 AM EDT, Phil Gott via Fot <fot@au=
tox.team.net> wrote:=C2=A0=C2=A0Anyone have experience with needle valves t=
hat do not have the spring loaded contact where the needle valve rests on t=
he float? Is a solid one better, worse, or require different set up?Phil Go=
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<div><span style=3D"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1=
0pt; color: #000000;">NO GROSSS JETS...lousy and not for competition....Use=
 GOOD/New old style floats....you need positive open and close.....heres a =
tip..check your float direction for best perf....meaning , are you having b=
rake to accel. probs on heavy brake corners?&nbsp; You prob have each float=
 facing toward center...not best....Solved by making both floats face same =
direction(frt. or back)....rick</span></div>
<div><span style=3D"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1=
0pt; color: #000000;">&nbsp;</span></div>
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In a message dated 3/17/2021 12:04:02 PM Eastern Standard Time, fot@autox.t=
eam.net writes:
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<div>Thanks, Erik and Joe;
<div>Good to know.</div>
<div>I&rsquo;ve had Gross Jets hang open with some royal flooding. Won&rsqu=
o;t use those again!</div>
<div>Phil<br clear=3D"none"><br clear=3D"none">
<div dir=3D"ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div>
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<blockquote>On Mar 17, 2021, at 11:19 AM, Erik Jacobsen &lt;kekjacobsen@yah=
oo.com&gt; wrote:<br clear=3D"none"><br clear=3D"none"></blockquote>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Phil,</div>
<div dir=3D"ltr">I use the plain old solid needles in both street and race =
cars and haven't had any issues. They do wear out eventually, but after 7 y=
ears in the race car, I still haven't had a problem.</div>
<div dir=3D"ltr">&nbsp;</div>
<div dir=3D"ltr">Jake</div>
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<div>On Wednesday, March 17, 2021, 10:13:30 AM CDT, Joe Boruch via Fot &lt;=
fot@autox.team.net&gt; wrote:</div>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Phil, years ago I stopped using Gross Jets, which have the=
 spring loaded ball on the end of the float needle.&nbsp; I suspected some =
flow issues and others had said that they had issues.&nbsp; JoeB</div>
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<div>On Wednesday, March 17, 2021, 08:16:11 AM EDT, Phil Gott via Fot &lt;f=
ot@autox.team.net&gt; wrote:</div>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Anyone have experience with needle valves that do not have=
 the spring loaded contact where the needle valve rests on the float? Is a =
solid one better, worse, or require different set up?</div>
<div dir=3D"ltr">Phil Gott</div>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div>
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