Thread: Fuel blanket?
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Old 12-13-2008, 01:08 AM   #20 (permalink)
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By the way, there was a discussion about this in another thread, but I can't remember which one it was...

I said there, and now here:

Simple way to heat your manual car's fuel would be:
Add radiator from automatic version of your car. Plumb fuel through radiator at auto-fluid line openings.

This would at least heat the fuel to whatever the coolant was. Problem with this, is pressure differential and vapor lock. Might be a problem, might not.

Also, pre-vaporized fuel can cause your engine to run lean, as your injectors are tuned for a certain fuel density.. they can only compensate so far. Just like with carbs, you'd have to jet them down if you were using pre-vaporized fuel.
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