"K. Patrick Wheeler" wrote:
So this says we should be able to 'pull' gasoline up a vertical 18 feet
> before running into trouble, as our Alpines are about 13 feet from tip to
> tail, the distance between the tanks and the carburators should always be
> less than this even when parked some of our San Francisco streets. Of
> course this leaves out the discussion of head loss due to fluid flow and the
> variations in local atmospheric pressure.
>
> All this being said, I still think it is better to place it lower if
> possible. But if you cannot, or do not want to, the numbers say we should
> be OK.
>
BUt ,,does' this help when you have a 5' hose syphoning gas out of the tank to
clean parts and the hose slips out and drenches your ear, neck back of shirt and
puts your cigar out in the process?? Not only that the tast of the La Batts
really goes down hill.
Chuck
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