leadfoot455
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Post by leadfoot455 on Dec 20, 2014 22:28:18 GMT -5
I never thought about the fuel pump benefits. I just figured cooler fuel won't vaporize as much which means more air and give better combustion.
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Post by redneckracing12 on Dec 21, 2014 0:13:07 GMT -5
Does anyone cool their fuel? Kind of like a tranny cooler? Coil some tubing up in a box and add ice? Yep. My buddy had a big cooler with trans and fuel in it last year after a 40+ min heat in a foot of mud the fuel bowl was 41 degrees.
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Post by redneckracing12 on Dec 21, 2014 0:21:31 GMT -5
On a side note I switched over to vp racing fuels vintage fuel. Its comes in a leaded and unleaded version the leaded being 98 octane which works well with stock/ mild engines. The reason I made the switch is with all the ethanol in the fuel these days it's hard on all aspects of the fuel system, this stuff is 100% ethanol free and designed with a shelf life of up to 2 years, vp designed it for muscle cars that are constantly being parked for long perid's of time. I'm very happy with it so far. Tuning with it is cake and my oil looks better than ever after making the switch.
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Post by derbydude on Dec 25, 2014 13:35:36 GMT -5
That vintage fuel sounds perfect for our application, not overkill on octane for mild compression engines and a long shelf life, plus high lubriciity to boot.
On a side note, could anyone recommend a set up for refueling that doesn't suck? Regular 5 gallon jugs and funnels are a pain and can make a mess. I'm considering purchasing a vp racing fuels jug if that is easier to use.
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Post by vona112 on Dec 25, 2014 14:18:26 GMT -5
That vintage fuel sounds perfect for our application, not overkill on octane for mild compression engines and a long shelf life, plus high lubriciity to boot. On a side note, could anyone recommend a set up for refueling that doesn't suck? Regular 5 gallon jugs and funnels are a pain and can make a mess. I'm considering purchasing a vp racing fuels jug if that is easier to use. I have one of those, not vp but similar style. Works nice. Flex the hose into the tank then open the vent and let it flow. The long flexible hose is really nice.
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Post by STROMI 121 on Jan 5, 2015 20:02:01 GMT -5
So, which fuel will go "bad" in your tank first? 87 octane or 110?
Go "bad" as in turn to jello with that too familiar rotten smell and screw everything up. Not "bad" as in loss of octane or potency. Or maybe its all the same IDK? That is the question.
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Post by redneckracing12 on Jan 5, 2015 20:41:20 GMT -5
I would think regular pump gas would break down and cause havoc first. As for the potency of the fuel I would have to say in a gas tank the 110 would begin to deteriorate first. I dumped my fuel back into one of the empty vp 5 gal cans I had to store it in the off season.
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Post by Impin Aint Easy on Apr 7, 2015 10:32:16 GMT -5
I use VP 110 .. I like to think that the fuel im using is not some watered down sh!t the goverment had their hands on.. Also I run stock shows and when iv been running without a radiator for 25 min i need my engine to flash up after a stall.. Not to mention its leaded..
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Post by redneckracing12 on Apr 7, 2015 12:56:44 GMT -5
I used to run vp110, also a very good fuel I made the switch to vintage because my local supplier quit carrying vp110. But now there's a new dealer that starting carrying it again, I may make the switch back and do some further testing between the two to see which is better off for my engine. One thing to consider the stoichiometrirc a/f ratio of some racing fuels differ from that of gasoline.
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Post by seventyonehemicuda on Apr 7, 2015 19:51:39 GMT -5
I've been thinking about picking up some vp110 but, is it really worth it? im thinking that i could burn $4-$500 of 110 in a season easily. would that money be better spent on permanent engine upgrades for 92 octane pump gas engine? or is leaded 110 just that much better on the whole?
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Post by redneckracing12 on Apr 7, 2015 20:07:51 GMT -5
Imo yes kind of, I'm not saying you need 110 but I'm saying is you need a fuel that's consistent from one week to the other and usually that means a fuel from a sealed drum that's being regulated a lot more than the pump gas companys are. Especially with a carb one batch of pump gas will be different from the next meaning that's your a/f and over all performance of the engine may change depending on how different batch A Is compared to batch B. completely unrelated bit heres sone infp vp vintage has a stoichiometrirc a/f of 14.97 while vp 113 had a stoichiometrirc a/f of 14.23.
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Post by n8 on May 26, 2015 11:07:15 GMT -5
Has anyone noticed or found information as to whether running leaded fuel in a derby car would be better or worse than running unleaded fuel? I have some done some research and the only difference I have found so far is that the lead in the fuel will lubricate the top end more, which I don't know makes a difference in an engine with hardened valve seats. I was looking mainly at Vp-110 and the unleaded equivalent, just in an effort to understand why some would recommend it. Thanks for any assistance.
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Post by grimmlin16 on Jun 19, 2015 13:56:24 GMT -5
Can you place a fuel pump horizontal in a metal gas can. As long as the outlet is above the inlet. My car origional fuel pump is bigger than my metal gas can(taller). I could place it sideways roght?
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Post by jeep318 on Oct 2, 2015 20:01:53 GMT -5
I bought a red holley fuel pump are they any good and what s the main difference between the blue and the red
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Post by DerbyKing88s on Nov 18, 2016 22:39:07 GMT -5
That vintage fuel sounds perfect for our application, not overkill on octane for mild compression engines and a long shelf life, plus high lubriciity to boot. On a side note, could anyone recommend a set up for refueling that doesn't suck? Regular 5 gallon jugs and funnels are a pain and can make a mess. I'm considering purchasing a vp racing fuels jug if that is easier to use. What a lot of guys are doing nowadays is yes, buying a fuel jug but then cutting a whole in the roof of the car big enough for a piece of irrigation tube that fits in the tank, run the tube through the roof and just stand on the car and poor through the tube. way easier on the back and just about everything else
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