Fuel temperatures - Page 4

Ed Wright · 12-27-2011, 09:37 PM

Ian, you don't have to re-tune the car for cold manifolds and cold fuel to help. You are mistaken there. Btw, you need to fix that black smoke at start-up. That tends to wash oil from the cylinder walls, which is a ring seal killer.

Ed Wright · 01-01-2012, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Wade_Owens

Is this right? I still see lots of class cars with cool cans. I took mine off last year when I was running K, trying to get to minimum. I had plans of reinstalling it this winter. I never recall seeing it in the rulebook.......

Wade O

Wade, our tech director told me, about a year ago, I could have a cool can, but I had better not get caught with anything in it during a run. Could use it in the pits, then need to empty it before running.

Adger Smith · 01-01-2012, 02:52 PM

If fuel temps are not important then why are the Alky classes limited to a certain fuel temp and why does every PS team chill their fuel? The alky fuel team I do work for has a freezer in their trailer. They keep more than Chicken Pot pie & TV dinners in it. DuH!

Ed Wright · 01-01-2012, 03:04 PM

It is important. About everybody I know cools their fuel if they have a tough heads-up coming up. Chuck Nelson said not to chill it during a run. I used to use dry ice in the cool can on my '56 Chevy Jr Stocker. I don't have one now, I chill it before like Chuck said to. I have seen the fuel check take a second, kinda puzzled, look at my fuel temp at fuel check, they have never said anything. If they do look at the car, there is nothing to see. I have seen small freezers in trailers, just about right for a fuel jug. I don't have room for one. You shoulda walked through the staging lanes before SS class at Indy. LOL

12-27-2011, 09:37 PM	#31
Ed Wright Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sand Springs, OK Posts: 8,132 Likes: 896 Liked 389 Times in 169 Posts	Re: Fuel temperatures Ian, you don't have to re-tune the car for cold manifolds and cold fuel to help. You are mistaken there. Btw, you need to fix that black smoke at start-up. That tends to wash oil from the cylinder walls, which is a ring seal killer. __________________ Ed Wright 4156 SS/JA

01-01-2012, 02:52 PM	#33
Adger Smith VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Texarkana Ark/TX Posts: 2,446 Likes: 575 Liked 880 Times in 311 Posts	Re: Fuel temperatures If fuel temps are not important then why are the Alky classes limited to a certain fuel temp and why does every PS team chill their fuel? The alky fuel team I do work for has a freezer in their trailer. They keep more than Chicken Pot pie & TV dinners in it. DuH! __________________ Adger Smith (Former SS) Last edited by Adger Smith; 01-01-2012 at 02:54 PM. Reason: sp

01-01-2012, 03:04 PM	#34
Ed Wright Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sand Springs, OK Posts: 8,132 Likes: 896 Liked 389 Times in 169 Posts	Re: Fuel temperatures It is important. About everybody I know cools their fuel if they have a tough heads-up coming up. Chuck Nelson said not to chill it during a run. I used to use dry ice in the cool can on my '56 Chevy Jr Stocker. I don't have one now, I chill it before like Chuck said to. I have seen the fuel check take a second, kinda puzzled, look at my fuel temp at fuel check, they have never said anything. If they do look at the car, there is nothing to see. I have seen small freezers in trailers, just about right for a fuel jug. I don't have room for one. You shoulda walked through the staging lanes before SS class at Indy. LOL __________________ Ed Wright 4156 SS/JA Last edited by Ed Wright; 01-01-2012 at 03:09 PM.