Fuel injection cars rarely get the vapor lock of carbs. Unless it’s a fiat X19. I’ll bet the British could make that happen. They could probably vapour lock a Tesla
Protecting fuel lines from engine heat Topic is solved
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Re: Protecting fuel lines from engine heat
It’s a 18 bHP improvement at the steering wheel

Fuel injection cars rarely get the vapor lock of carbs. Unless it’s a fiat X19. I’ll bet the British could make that happen. They could probably vapour lock a Tesla
Fuel injection cars rarely get the vapor lock of carbs. Unless it’s a fiat X19. I’ll bet the British could make that happen. They could probably vapour lock a Tesla
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Yep. That one little mod will push the limits of the transmission for sure. I was trying to fit a couple of O-rings into the process, just to keep it all Volvo.
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