Ask Bill about carbing a DeLorean and other K-Jet/Carb tangets

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Originally Posted by stevedmc

I don't understand how a coke bottle could possibly provide enough pressure to push fuel through a fuel injector unless you run a hose inside the car and have a passenger squeeze the bottle while you drive.

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Where did Ron say anything about injector? He just needs a place where air gets in.

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Originally Posted by sean

Where did Ron say anything about injector? He just needs a place where air gets in.

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Doesn't an EFI system have to push fuel through injectors? Surely you can't run an EFI conversion on air alone.

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Originally Posted by stevedmc

Doesn't an EFI system have to push fuel through injectors? Surely you can't run an EFI conversion on air alone.

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All you need is air mixed with the fuel, doesn't necessarily have to come from the injector ports.

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Originally Posted by stevedmc

I don't understand how a coke bottle could possibly provide enough pressure to push fuel through a fuel injector unless you run a hose inside the car and have a passenger squeeze the bottle while you drive.

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Who says it has to go through an injector? Haven't you ever made a home made "nitro boost" out of a can of ether and a vacuum hose....lol

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Originally Posted by stevedmc

I do aproach stuff with the mentality of it not failing in the first place but I also prepare myself for the unexpected. Do you carry battery jumper cables in your car?

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Sure for the same reason. But you don't carry a coke bottle of gas around, do you?

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Originally Posted by dcuk martin

if nothing else you've shown there's no "magic bullet" to making a delorean reliable.

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amen!

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Originally Posted by DCUK Martin

there's no "magic bullet" to making a DeLorean reliable.

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...something everyone should bear in mind when working on one of these little beasts.

Bravo.

Martin, if I see you in Orlando, I'll buy you a pint.

Farrar

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Originally Posted by Ron

Who says it has to go through an injector? Haven't you ever made a home made "nitro boost" out of a can of ether and a vacuum hose....lol
Sure for the same reason. But you don't carry a coke bottle of gas around, do you?

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Sorry but I've got no experience with nitro boosting so thats all Greek to me. I don't understand how an EFI system would suddenly be able to adapt to a hose with fuel in it. Would something need to be reprogrammed? I'm not trying to be smart, just asking a serious question.

No, I don't carry a coke bottle full of gas around with me. There is a coke bottle in my car that is half full of coke though. Hopefully after this weekend I will have about 20 bottles full of diet cheerwine as well. If I truely got in a pinch, I would be able to rig something up with a bottle, fuel line, and gas from the tank.

As I have said many times before, I choose to carry a spare fuel pump. I suspect my fuel pump problems to be ground related so last night I wired a ground connection directly from my battery to the fuel pump. I'm suprised no one has critisized this yet since I no longer have an inertia switch or RPM relay hookekd up anymore.

Lets wait and see if I have any fuel pump failures after 20+ hours of driving this weekend. If my fuel pump fails with with a solid ground connection, then we have a problem.

Originally I was going to be lazy and keep driving as is, without a straight ground connection, but I figure this weekend is an excelent chance to test my theory.

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Originally Posted by Farrar

...something everyone should bear in mind when working on one of these little beasts.

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+1

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Originally Posted by stevedmc

Hopefully after this weekend I will have about 20 bottles full of diet cheerwine as well.

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Bleh, diet? gotta go FULL Cheer!

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Originally Posted by stevedmc

If I truely got in a pinch, I would be able to rig something up with a bottle, fuel line, and gas from the tank..

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What I was getting at with the ether is that all you need is a vacuum source to the intake (plenum) to run the engine. Sure, you are a lot better off with a carb (A/f control) if the pump goes out but you will only get a 1/4 mile or so out of it... I've never been that lucky when I run out and it's not very safe especially since it will run lean and be VERY prone to backfire when it runs out....not practical at all except in a very few instances at best. I can't imagine rigging up anything in a D with the tank lower than the engine...except like I said a lot of BS for a 1/4 mile trip.

I think I know what a lot of the problem is with carb pumps going out...we can check it out at the meet (I posted it some where before but no response).