I *hate* it when I dig up answers right after posting -- I tried
to figure it out before bothering you all, really! Anyhow, I now believe
that the item in question is the gulp valve(thanks to the picture from Sam
and the Spitbits catalog page). Leading into my next, hopefully final,
questions: does it belong on a later Federal emissions spitfire? Thanks
to Glenn Trunnell's reply that seems to support my lack of an air rail,
anyone know if some 1500's were luck enough to not have a gulp valve?
Was there anything else slung in it's place, or any nice plug for the gulp
valve's connection to the intake manifold? Worse case, anyone have a
spare gulp valve wandering about?
Gulplessly yours,
John Weale
1980 "British Racing Orange" Spitfire, TFVDW2AT005101
On Tue, 20 Apr 1999, John Weale wrote:
>
> My next question has a visual aid, what is the thing shown at
> http://weber.u.washington.edu/~tyre/pics/arrowed.jpg (picture is courtesy
> of Sam Gentry, and is what I wish my spit looked like -- I have a bolt
/cut/
> to the firewall. Am I correct in thinking that it is (should be) the Air
> Injection System diverter and relief valve?
>
> My car has just a blocked off bit of hose coming out of the intake at that
> point. As a 1980 Federal emissions vehicle, should I even *have*an AIS
/cut/
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