Tubing Flaring Tool and Carb Question
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[QUOTE=sundevil74]One more alibi.
Won't the pre-formed line eliminate the in-line filter? I was hoping to retain an in-line filter.
[/QUOTE] All you need to do is cut the preformed line, removing the space needed for your filter, add a flare nut to each end and use the flaring tool to reflare. I don't know if you've ever used a flare block. If you haven't just practice on some old tubing...it's not hard to do.
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The '71 LS5 used a Qjet carb, so the line shown will not fit. Since you apparently already have modifications, I would try to find the use of an air/fuel meter and recheck your mixtures at part throttle, wide open throttle, and idle. Joel is right that headers quite often lean out the mixture.
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The fuel line above is fer a small block anyway...
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This one is for a big block, but as Larry states above, it is for a Quadrapuke carb. Depending on the inlet location of the Holley, it might fit with a little bending, but you'll have to cut any line you get for the in-line filter...
...unless...perhaps the fuel line(s) for a tri-power would work?
It's starting to sound like a big hassle...might just as well cut/bend your own...which is what you were gonna do to start with!
If you decide to rent/borrow a flaring tool, get one that does a double flare...meaning it "folds" the outer(cut) part of the line back into itself, leaving a nice, smooth end for the hose to fit onto.
Adams' Apple 2008-11-18 11:25:28
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This one is for a big block, but as Larry states above, it is for a Quadrapuke carb. Depending on the inlet location of the Holley, it might fit with a little bending, but you'll have to cut any line you get for the in-line filter...
...unless...perhaps the fuel line(s) for a tri-power would work?
It's starting to sound like a big hassle...might just as well cut/bend your own...which is what you were gonna do to start with!
If you decide to rent/borrow a flaring tool, get one that does a double flare...meaning it "folds" the outer(cut) part of the line back into itself, leaving a nice, smooth end for the hose to fit onto.
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