bsilly
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| posted on 28/10/02 at 05:03 PM |
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fuel lines
now ready for fuel lines, could i use 10mm rubber from tank through tunnel to pump or should middle section be metal? any ideas
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 28/10/02 at 07:25 PM |
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Whatever takes your fancy!
If you read the book by Carroll Smith, the racing car designer/builder, he won't have any metal tube 'cos it may fracture. Others won't have
copper pipe because it's supposed to get filled with gunge.
It truth, in a road car, use whatever is appropriate to your build - metal tube is unlikely to fracture outside of a race car (and many people use
it), and from the little research I've done, copper pipe only gunges up if you continuously use really poor quality petrol with too much sulphur in
it (which you won't find in the UK, unless you're VERY unlucky).
I've used 8mm i.d. rubber fuel hose on my car, simply because it was easier to fit it down the tunnel with the engine and gearbox fitted!
cheers,
David
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bsilly
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| posted on 28/10/02 at 07:37 PM |
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thats what i probaly do. its only 7ft approx, but will sva man fail it. engine an box an prop in now all enclosed tunnel.
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 28/10/02 at 07:41 PM |
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i used the hard plastic stuf ford used on the mk 2 and cortina 3 also fiat use it on uno and panda,indistructable and easy to bend with a little
heat
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bsilly
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| posted on 28/10/02 at 07:50 PM |
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back down the scrappy then to tip over some fiats
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 28/10/02 at 08:16 PM |
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on the uno they run under the seats inside,you find this out when welding plates on underneath
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bsilly
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| posted on 28/10/02 at 08:46 PM |
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done that too on an avenger. it ruined the carpets
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 29/10/02 at 07:54 PM |
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did that on a capri,ruined my undies
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bsilly
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| posted on 29/10/02 at 08:07 PM |
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now realise i need 8mm not 10mm. and 6mm for return. gunna do both in rubber from tank to carb. dont want to do another topic but any clue to
type of petrol for 1.6 pinto, 1991. they dont have 4star anymore with proper lead in.
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david walker
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| posted on 30/10/02 at 08:27 PM |
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The 1.6 Pinto of circa 1991 will be the "E Max" engine. It has small bore, long stroke (2.0 crank in fact). Power to weight is pretty poor but it's
your choice so OK.
All engines made from '88 have to be able to run on unleaded so your E Max, like the injection 2.0 Pintos will have hardened seats already.
Dave Walker, Race Engine Services - 07957 454659 or 01636 671277
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bsilly
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| posted on 30/10/02 at 09:38 PM |
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thats odd cos its got no markings on it to showw unleaded ie something on the block near to pot 4. according t haynes bible its not the emax?? but
unleaded i will use . until i find fireblade for £££cheap. power to weight ? it was poo off wood when it lived with its dad . thanks anyway david
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david walker
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| posted on 30/10/02 at 09:58 PM |
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Sorry but the old Cortina type 1600 Pinto ceased to exist in '84. The only 1600 Pinto to appear in the Sierra after that was the E-Max, which saw
service until Sierra production ended. - There were also a few 1600 CVH Sierras produced from about 91 to 93, but different thing altogether of
course.
As for the stampings that Ford put on blocks and heads to identify type etc, I can tell you that they are very irregular in doing this. Sometimes they
are there and sometimes not.
Best of luck with it and to be fair power output of the E-Max was about same as its "squarer" engined predecessor - about 75bhp.
Dave Walker, Race Engine Services - 07957 454659 or 01636 671277
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bsilly
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| posted on 30/10/02 at 10:11 PM |
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well you live and learn, i guunna try unleade d any how . see how it goes. do you have a couple of gallon spare mister.
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