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Old 09-07-2021, 07:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Unique427 View Post
To combat vapor lock issues there's two ways to fight it.
Cooling the fuel AND raising the chosen fuel's boiling point.

A low cost experiment would be to eliminate all ethanol blends and try
burning only unleaded non-oxygenated fuel.

To find unleaded non-oxy fuel near you consult: www.pure-gas.org.

Also, unleaded non-oxy race gas (Sunoco 260GTX) has a much lower
Reid Vapor Pressure rating than pump gas and will be more resistant to boiling.
Unleaded non-oxy race gas mixes with unleaded non-oxy pump gas if you
wish to blend to a specific octane rating as well.

Might be worth a try before breaking out the wrenches and checkbook.
Thanks for the tip, but being that the closest station is over 100 miles from me, this option is pretty much a non-starter for me.

Just trying to figure out whether a 1/4 phenolic spacer is good enough or should I go with 1/2"?
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