starting issue with mostly stock 318
Everything recommended will help. Before adding the return on my race car. I installed. Heat wrap on all the fuel lines. Mr Gasket base gasket and the carb heat shield.
I did not want to buy another $200 in braided hose or the new Return regulator and all the AN fittings to hook up the new line. I had the bung in the tank. and adding the return was my last resort. I was at the point when going round after round I was afraid to shut it down between runs. I was shutting off the pump and turning it back on and off until cooler fuel reached the carb.
So then I made the commitment. After the upgrade I could reach in the car at anytime and hit the key and it would fire right up and idol perfect.
Todd's yellow barracuda pictured above is being driven in this heat. Never once has it had a problem starting after warmed up.
The floats will not work properly with boiling fuel and the car floods its self when sitting for 5 -10- minutes with the fuel pressure being dead ended up against the needle and seat. The floats will only start working again when cool fuel reaches the carburetor floats. I put returns on every car I build.
Chrysler started putting these filters on all late 70's - early 80's for this reason.
Buy a filter for a dodge ram with a return. Install a 1971 vent line to the tank. Use a 1972 up gas tank that has a return nipple above the sender. Or a sending unit with a return nipple
first 2 pics bellow are before the return the rest are after
Everything recommended will help. Before adding the return on my race car. I installed. Heat wrap on all the fuel lines. Mr Gasket base gasket and the carb heat shield.
I did not want to buy another $200 in braided hose or the new Return regulator and all the AN fittings to hook up the new line. I had the bung in the tank. and adding the return was my last resort. I was at the point when going round after round I was afraid to shut it down between runs. I was shutting off the pump and turning it back on and off until cooler fuel reached the carb.
So then I made the commitment. After the upgrade I could reach in the car at anytime and hit the key and it would fire right up and idol perfect.
Todd's yellow barracuda pictured above is being driven in this heat. Never once has it had a problem starting after warmed up.
The floats will not work properly with boiling fuel and the car floods its self when sitting for 5 -10- minutes with the fuel pressure being dead ended up against the needle and seat. The floats will only start working again when cool fuel reaches the carburetor floats. I put returns on every car I build.
Chrysler started putting these filters on all late 70's - early 80's for this reason.
Buy a filter for a dodge ram with a return. Install a 1971 vent line to the tank. Use a 1972 up gas tank that has a return nipple above the sender. Or a sending unit with a return nipple
first 2 pics bellow are before the return the rest are after