Glen, I gotta say the most beautiful part of the latest iteration is
the Smiths PCV valve.
Love it! Nice work.
Peter C.
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At 10:23 PM 10/21/2007, you wrote:
>It was breadboarded, with the fuel coming out of a gallon can into a pump
>sitting on the garage floor, but it ran!
>I finished the manifold this afternoon and finally dealed tha last leak
>in the fuel rail. I still haven't plumbed the new pump/filter/return
>line into the car, so I did it up like a heart bypass patient with lines
>snaking in and out.
>I fired up the engine and it went right up to about 3K RPM due to the
>Ford idle air valve. Too big a "leak" for this motor and will need to be
>modified or pulled the heck off. The computer was going through warmup
>enrichment mode and sounding real smooth when the fuel pump sucked up a
>big bubble from the mower can and quit. I was shaking!!
>
>There's lots of tuning to do, things to tweak, tables to calculate and
>test runs to be made after I get all the fuel plumbing done over the next
>few evenings.
>
>Here's the links to the pics of the new toy:
>http://tinyurl.com/2pvnfh
>http://tinyurl.com/2utxg4
>
>Best,
>Glen Byrns
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